What Time is it in Rapid City South Dakota?
Rapid City: Mountain Time (MDT, UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer). US daylight saving applies.
Rapid City, South Dakota, keeps Mountain Time. A mid-June morning starts near 5:10 a.m.; the live reading is MDT, UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer.
Rapid City is Mountain Time. Sioux Falls, in the same state, is Central.
When it is noon in Rapid City it is 2 p.m. in New York all year. When it is noon in Rapid City it is 7 p.m. in London all year.
Rapid City sits close to the Mountain Time meridian (105°), so clock noon and solar noon are not far apart.
Mid-January sunrise here is within a few minutes of Denver.
Sunrise and sunset in Rapid City
A typical mid-January day in Rapid City has sunrise around 7:25 a.m. and sunset around 4:40 p.m. (9 h 14 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 5:10 a.m.–8:38 p.m. (15 h 28 m).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:25 a.m. | 4:40 p.m. | 9 h 14 m |
| February | 6:54 a.m. | 5:22 p.m. | 10 h 28 m |
| March | 7:07 a.m. | 6:59 p.m. | 11 h 52 m |
| April | 6:11 a.m. | 7:36 p.m. | 13 h 25 m |
| May | 5:28 a.m. | 8:12 p.m. | 14 h 44 m |
| June | 5:10 a.m. | 8:38 p.m. | 15 h 28 m |
| July | 5:24 a.m. | 8:35 p.m. | 15 h 11 m |
| August | 5:57 a.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 14 h 03 m |
| September | 6:32 a.m. | 7:06 p.m. | 12 h 34 m |
| October | 7:07 a.m. | 6:11 p.m. | 11 h 04 m |
| November | 6:48 a.m. | 4:28 p.m. | 9 h 40 m |
| December | 7:21 a.m. | 4:16 p.m. | 8 h 54 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
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