Houghton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.7630, -98.2104
- Elevation
- 397 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1893 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houghton, South Dakota, United States
Get the current local time in Houghton, South Dakota, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Houghton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Houghton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Houghton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:52 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Houghton right now
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Houghton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14744
- 49931
- 52631
- 57449
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 Houghton
- Houghton Michigan, United States
- Houghton New York, United States
- Houghton England, United Kingdom
- Houghton South Australia, Australia
- Houghton England, United Kingdom
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
- Hecla — 14.1 km
- Claremont — 18.2 km
- Columbia — 18.5 km
- Huffton — 18.7 km
- Brown County — 22.2 km
- Eaton (historical) — 22.4 km
About the time in Houghton
For nearby Hecla and Claremont, use the time shown for Houghton.
Houghton accounts for 4 postal codes.
Houghton uses the America/Chicago time zone with a UTC−5 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Today's times for Houghton: the sun is up at 7:52 AM and down at 6:47 PM. That means 10 h 56 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Houghton?
- Houghton is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Houghton?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Houghton?
- The sun goes down at 6:47 PM.