Ideal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.5433, -99.9215
- Elevation
- 575 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1976 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ideal, South Dakota, United States
The reading below is the local time in Ideal, South Dakota, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Ideal, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ideal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ideal.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:24 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:00 PM
Weather in Ideal right now
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Ideal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31041
- 57541
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 Ideal
- Ideal Georgia, United States
- Ideal Ceará, Brazil
- Ideal Manitoba, Canada
- Ideal Durango, Mexico
- Ideal 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
- Witten — 17.2 km
- New Witten — 17.3 km
- Winner — 19.2 km
- Jordan Junction — 19.6 km
- Hamill — 20.2 km
- Tripp County — 22.2 km
Ideal: clock, sun and surroundings
2 postal codes have been allocated to Ideal.
Local time in Ideal is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sun rises today at 7:19 AM in Ideal and sets at 5:30 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 11 min.
Clocks in Witten and New Witten read the same as clocks in Ideal.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Ideal?
- The time zone covering Ideal is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Ideal change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Ideal: No.
- What time will the sun set in Ideal today?
- Today it sets at 5:30 PM.