Rapid CityUnited States
Current time in Rapid City, United States
Sunday, 30 August 2026
Mountain Daylight TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockRapid City time at a glance
- Country
- United States
- Location
- City in South Dakota
- Time zone
America/Denver- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 at 01:00 GMT-7
Weather now
Weather in Rapid City
Conditions near Rapid City and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Overcast
- Feels like
- 19°C
- Humidity
- 55%
- Wind
- 19.8 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Overcast18°C to 34°C5% chance of precipitationWind up to 30.6 km/h
- Overcast15°C to 30°C4% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.4 km/h
- Overcast18°C to 29°C7% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.1 km/h
Forecast valid from 20:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T02:41:04.673Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T02:56:04.673Z.
Time-zone identity for Rapid City
- IANA zone
America/Denver- UTC offset now
- UTC-06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Rapid City is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Rapid City
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Rapid City
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Denver, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Rapid City
Location details for Rapid City in South Dakota, United States.
- Administrative area
- South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 73,569
- Coordinates
- 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W. The elevation is 988 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Rapid City
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Rapid City. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AberdeenSouth Dakota, United States405 km northeast
America/Chicago1 hour ahead - MitchellSouth Dakota, United States419 km east
America/Chicago1 hour ahead - WatertownSouth Dakota, United States493 km east
America/Chicago1 hour ahead - BrookingsSouth Dakota, United States513 km east
America/Chicago1 hour ahead - Sioux FallsSouth Dakota, United States525 km east
America/Chicago1 hour ahead - GilletteWyoming, United States183 km west
America/DenverSame local time
Sources for Rapid City time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.