Elsmere in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7385, -75.5946
- Elevation
- 31 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 146
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 155 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elsmere, Delaware, United States
Learn the current time in Elsmere, Delaware, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Elsmere, United States
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Elsmere
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Elsmere.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 7:30 PM Daylight 12 h 54 min Night 11 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 7:57 PM
Weather in Elsmere right now
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Elsmere and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 69135
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 Delaware
- Wilmington 70 898
- Dover 39 403
- Newark 33 817
- Middletown 20 372
- Bear 19 371
- Brookside 14 353
Other places named Elsmere
- Elsmere Kentucky, United States
- Elsmere Colorado, United States
- Elsmere Nebraska, United States
- Elsmere New Jersey, United States
- Elsmere New York, 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
- Ashley — 1.4 km
- Silver Springs — 1.8 km
- Silverbrook — 1.8 km
- Woodland — 2.0 km
- West Haven — 2.4 km
- Avalon — 2.5 km
Elsmere: clock, sun and surroundings
The time standard for Elsmere is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Elsmere at 6:35 AM and sunset at 7:30 PM today. Together that makes 12 h 54 min of light.
Travelling from Elsmere to Newport or Greenville does not change the hour.
1 postal code is listed for Elsmere.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Elsmere?
- Enter America/New_York as the time zone for Elsmere; its offset is −4.
- Do clocks change in Elsmere during the year?
- Daylight saving in Elsmere: Yes.
- When does light leave Elsmere?
- Light leaves at 7:30 PM.