Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4031, -72.4509
- Elevation
- 5 m above sea level
- Region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 479 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Connecticut, United States
Find out what time it is now in Chester, Connecticut, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−5).
Chester, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Chester, Connecticut.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:15 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Connecticut
- Bridgeport 147 629
- New Haven 130 322
- Stamford 128 874
- North Stamford 121 230
- Hartford 121 054
- Waterbury 108 802
Other places named Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Deep River — 2.3 km
- Hadlyme — 4.2 km
- Goodspeeds Landing — 5.3 km
- Tylerville — 5.3 km
- Winthrop — 5.6 km
- East Haddam — 5.6 km
About the time in Chester
Chester works with 12 postal codes.
The time standard for Chester is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Chester has sunrise at 6:22 AM today and sunset at 4:47 PM. Light holds for 10 h 24 min.
Travelling from Chester to Deep River or Hadlyme does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Chester?
- The time zone label used for Chester is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Chester?
- Daylight saving time in Chester: No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Chester — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:22 AM, sunset at 4:47 PM.