5.0 out of 5 — 218575 votes

What time is it in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

This page holds the current clock reading for Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, in the America/Denver time zone (−6).

Rapid City, United States

9:44:25 PM

Saturday, 31 October 2026

UTC−6 · America/Denver

Local time in Rapid City

UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:16 PM

Weather in Rapid City right now

Loading the current weather…

Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.

Rapid City and its neighbours

Rapid City at 44.0805, -103.2310 with the nearest towns within 9.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

49676
57701
57702
57703
57709

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.

Rapid City in numbers

Coordinates: 44.0805, -103.2310
Population: 73 569
Region: South Dakota
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 2246 km away
Same name: 2 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in South Dakota

Sioux Falls 171 544
Aberdeen 28 102
Brookings 23 657
Watertown 22 073
Mitchell 15 669
Yankton 14 557

Other places named Rapid City

Rapid City Michigan, United States
Rapid City Manitoba, Canada

Same time zone — America/Denver

Denver United States
El Paso United States

Nearby places

Gossage Memorial — 1.9 km
Lakota Homes — 3.2 km
Sioux Village — 3.9 km
Broadmoor Subdivision — 5.7 km
Wildwood Addition — 6.1 km
Arrowhead Estates — 6.2 km

Local time details for Rapid City

Time in Gossage Memorial and Lakota Homes, both close to Rapid City, runs the same.

5 postal codes serve Rapid City.

In Rapid City the time zone is America/Denver and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: Yes.

Rapid City sees the sun rise at 7:29 AM and set at 5:46 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 17 min.

Questions and answers

What is Rapid City's time zone?: Rapid City's time zone is America/Denver, with an offset of −6.
Are daylight saving rules used in Rapid City?: Daylight saving time in Rapid City: Yes.
Sunrise in Rapid City is at what time?: At 7:29 AM.