Time in Rapid City, United States of America | Rapid City Now
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Time zone information for Rapid City
UTC -6
Mountain Time (MT) , currently 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -7 / Mountain Standard Time (MST)
▪Time in Rapid City is 14 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Rapid City is
America/Denver.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -6 / Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -7 / Mountain Standard Time (MST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rapid City
- ▪Sunrise: 07:15
- ▪Sunset: 17:58
- ▪Day length: 10h 43m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:37
- ▪Current time in Rapid City is currently 37 minutes ahead of solar time.
Rapid City on map
- ▪Location: South Dakota, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 44,08. Longitude: -103,23
- ▪Population: 73,569
- ▪Elevation: 988 m
Time difference
from Rapid City
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:15
Solar noon 12:37Sunset 17:58
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Denver- Abbreviation
- MDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-06:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 10 days, 9 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792622214
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:15
- Sunset
- 17:58
- Solar noon
- 12:37
- Day length
- 10h 43m
- Night length
- 13h 16m
- Civil twilight
- 06:45 – 18:28
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- South Dakota
- Coordinates
- 44.081°, -103.231°
- Elevation
- 988 m
- Population
- 73,569
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