Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7076, -71.8287
- Elevation
- 91 m above sea level
- Region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 541 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Connecticut, United States
Local time right now in Sterling, Connecticut, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Sterling, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sterling
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sterling.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:24 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:40 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 5:09 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 Connecticut
- Bridgeport 147 629
- New Haven 130 322
- Stamford 128 874
- North Stamford 121 230
- Hartford 121 054
- Waterbury 108 802
Other places named Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, 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
- Oneco — 2.3 km
- Almyville — 3.3 km
- Moosup — 4.4 km
- Rice City — 6.3 km
- Moosup Valley — 6.5 km
- Central Village — 6.7 km
Sterling: clock, sun and surroundings
12 codes are used to address mail in Sterling.
The time standard for Sterling is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Morning light reaches Sterling at 6:24 AM, and the sun sets at 4:40 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 16 min.
Nothing changes on the clock between Sterling and neighbouring Oneco or Almyville.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Sterling fall?
- Sterling falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Sterling?
- Daylight saving in Sterling: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Sterling?
- At 4:40 PM.