Forest City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.0028, -100.3000
- Elevation
- 566 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2032 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest City, South Dakota, United States
This page reports the local time in Forest City, South Dakota, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Forest City, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest City
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Forest City, South Dakota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:59 AM Solar noon 1:28 PM Sunset 6:56 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 7:26 PM
Weather in Forest City right now
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Forest City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18421
- 28043
- 50436
- 61532
- 64451
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Other places named Forest City
- Forest City Florida, United States
- Forest City North Carolina, United States
- Forest City Iowa, United States
- Forest City Johor, Malaysia
- Forest City Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Unorganized Territory Of West Potter — 9.2 km
- Marksville — 9.6 km
- Gorman — 19.6 km
- Agar — 25.5 km
- Gettysburg — 27.1 km
- Potter County — 27.8 km
Time and daylight in Forest City
Clocks in Forest City are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun climbs above Forest City at 7:59 AM and dips below at 6:56 PM. Between them sit 10 h 57 min of daylight.
Unorganized Territory Of West Potter and Marksville sit close to Forest City and run on the same clock.
The mail network in Forest City covers 5 codes.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Forest City?
- The time in Forest City is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Forest City follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Forest City?
- The sun rises in Forest City at 7:59 AM.