Colchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5756, -72.3320
- Elevation
- 144 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 781
- Region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 498 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Local time in Colchester, Connecticut, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Colchester, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Colchester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Colchester, Connecticut.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:46 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:15 PM
Weather in Colchester right now
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Colchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05439
- 05446
- 05449
- 06415
- 62326
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 Colchester
- Colchester England, United Kingdom
- Colchester Vermont, United States
- Colchester Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Colchester Ontario, Canada
- Colchester Illinois, 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
- Amston — 5.6 km
- North Westchester — 5.8 km
- Haywardville — 7.2 km
- Westchester — 7.2 km
- Hope Valley — 7.4 km
- Exeter — 7.5 km
About the time in Colchester
The time standard for Colchester is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The horizon brightens over Colchester at 6:22 AM, and the sun sets at 4:46 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 24 min.
The clock does not change between Colchester, Amston and North Westchester.
Deliveries to Colchester are sorted by 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Colchester identified?
- The time zone for Colchester is identified as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Colchester?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Colchester?
- Daylight begins at 6:22 AM.