Hartford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7637, -72.6851
- Population
- 121 054
- Region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 488 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Learn the current time in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Hartford, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hartford
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Hartford keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in Hartford right now
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Hartford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05047
- 06101
- 06102
- 06103
- 06104
- 06105
- 06106
- 06112
- 06114
- 06115
- 06120
- 06123
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
- Waterbury 108 802
- Norwalk 88 485
Other places named Hartford
- Hartford Wisconsin, United States
- Hartford Vermont, United States
- Hartford South Dakota, United States
- Hartford Kentucky, United States
- Hartford Alabama, 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
- Elmwood — 4.6 km
- West Hartford — 4.7 km
- Hockanum — 5.0 km
- Wilson — 5.8 km
- Tudor Village — 6.0 km
- Wethersfield — 6.1 km
Time and daylight in Hartford
Anyone in Elmwood or West Hartford reads the same clock as Hartford.
Mail addressed to Hartford uses 12 postal codes.
Hartford is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:20 AM in Hartford today and sunset at 5:51 PM. That marks 10 h 31 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Hartford fall?
- Hartford falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- What time zone rules apply in Hartford — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Hartford: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Hartford?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:51 PM.