James in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.4661, -98.2126
- Elevation
- 397 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1884 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in James, South Dakota, United States
The reading below is the local time in James, South Dakota, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−6).
James, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in James
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in James, South Dakota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:12 PM Daylight 9 h 49 min Night 14 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in James right now
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James and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57445 Groton — 8.5 km away
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 James
- James Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
- James Bourgogne, France
- James Central Region, Malawi
- James Southern Region, Malawi
- James Southern Region, Malawi
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Bath — 8.7 km
- Tacoma Park — 9.0 km
- Groton — 9.1 km
- Bath Corner — 9.2 km
- Plana — 9.6 km
- Putney — 10.9 km
Local time details for James
The register holds 1 postal code for James.
James keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−6. Whether summer time is observed: No.
In James today the sun is out from 7:23 AM until 5:12 PM. That comes to 9 h 49 min of daylight.
Bath and Tacoma Park are near James and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for James?
- The time zone label used for James is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in James stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in James: No.
- How early does the sun rise in James?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:23 AM.