Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6255, -103.2080
- Elevation
- 1200 m above sea level
- Population
- 14 104
- Region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2237 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Colorado, United States
This page keeps the current time in Sterling, Colorado, United States, according to the America/Denver zone (−6).
Sterling, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Sterling
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Sterling keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
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Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Colorado
- Denver 729 019
- Colorado Springs 456 568
- Aurora 359 407
- Fort Collins 170 924
- Lakewood 152 597
- Thornton 133 451
Other places named Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, United States
- Sterling Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Twin Mills — 9.0 km
- Atwood — 10.1 km
- Logan — 13.7 km
- Logan County — 13.8 km
- Jessica — 15.3 km
- Padroni — 17.2 km
Local time details for Sterling
The clock in Sterling is set to America/Denver, offset UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Sterling at 7:21 AM and sunset at 5:55 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 34 min of light.
Sterling and nearby Twin Mills and Atwood are never an hour apart.
Sterling is split into 12 postal code areas.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Sterling?
- The time zone of Sterling is America/Denver, with an offset of −6.
- Does Sterling observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Sterling: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Sterling?
- The hour is 5:55 PM.