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Time in South Dakota, United States now

03:31:59PM

Saturday, May 23, 2026

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula / World Synth Day

South Dakota has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Pierre is used here.
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Time zone info for South Dakota

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
The IANA time zone identifier for South Dakota is America/Chicago.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from South Dakota

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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South Dakota on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 44.50. Longitude: -100.25
Population: 925,000
Elevation: 550 m

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Annual average temperatures
for South Dakota 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.