Current time in Minneapolis, United States
The current local time in Minneapolis is shown below. Minneapolis observes CST in winter and CDT during daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
Minneapolis in context
Minneapolis sits on the upper Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, the larger of the Twin Cities that it forms with neighbouring Saint Paul. The municipal population is around 425,000, with the wider Twin Cities metropolitan area at 3.7 million. The terrain is shaped by glacial features: more than 20 lakes lie within the city limits, and the river drops through a series of waterfalls and locks at the heart of downtown.
Timezone history of Minneapolis
Minneapolis uses Central Time and observes federal DST. Minnesota's high latitude (44.9 degrees north, comparable to Marseille or Belgrade) produces a dramatic seasonal variation in day length: late-December sunsets arrive before 16:35, while summer twilight stretches past 22:00, the largest swing of any major US city outside Alaska.
Working hours in Minneapolis
Minneapolis's working day runs 08:00 to 17:00 across the substantial corporate-headquarters concentration of Target, 3M, US Bancorp, General Mills, and UnitedHealth Group. Cold winters shape commute timing, with the downtown Skyway system of climate-controlled elevated walkways linking most major buildings and pulling significant lunch traffic into that interior corridor from December through March.