Time Zones in South Dakota
South Dakota uses Central Time and Mountain Time. Check a city or specific point to find its local time zone.
| Time zone | Local time and UTC offset | Next clock change |
|---|---|---|
| America/Chicago | UTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock. | Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes. |
| America/Denver | UTC-07:00 in January; UTC-06:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock. | Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes. |
- Official code
- 46
- Representative coordinates
- 44.446796, -100.238176
- Resident population, July 2025
- 935,094
- Land area
- 196,341.987 km²
- Water area
- 3,387.248 km²
- State
- South Dakota
The representative point identifies this area. It is not a street address or a boundary survey.
Counties and equivalents
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Aurora County, South Dakota
- Beadle County, South Dakota
- Bennett County, South Dakota
- Bon Homme County, South Dakota
- Brookings County, South Dakota
- Brown County, South Dakota
- Brule County, South Dakota
- Buffalo County, South Dakota
- Butte County, South Dakota
- Campbell County, South Dakota
- Charles Mix County, South Dakota
- Clark County, South Dakota
- Clay County, South Dakota
- Codington County, South Dakota
- Corson County, South Dakota
- Custer County, South Dakota
- Davison County, South Dakota
- Day County, South Dakota
- Deuel County, South Dakota
- Dewey County, South Dakota
- Douglas County, South Dakota
- Edmunds County, South Dakota
- Fall River County, South Dakota
- Faulk County, South Dakota
- Grant County, South Dakota
- Gregory County, South Dakota
- Haakon County, South Dakota
- Hamlin County, South Dakota
- Hand County, South Dakota
- Hanson County, South Dakota
Cities, towns and communities
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Aberdeen city, SD
- Agar town, SD
- Agency Village CDP, SD
- Akaska town, SD
- Albee town, SD
- Alcester city, SD
- Alexandria city, SD
- Allen CDP, SD
- Alpena town, SD
- Altamont town, SD
- Anderson CDP, SD
- Andover town, SD
- Angostura CDP, SD
- Antelope CDP, SD
- Ardmore CDP, SD
- Arlington city, SD
- Armour city, SD
- Artas town, SD
- Artesian town, SD
- Ashland Heights CDP, SD
- Ashton city, SD
- Astoria town, SD
- Aurora town, SD
- Aurora Center CDP, SD
- Avon city, SD
- Badger town, SD
- Baltic city, SD
- Bancroft town, SD
- Batesland town, SD
- Bath CDP, SD
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