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
The time in Elsmere, Delaware, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Elsmere, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Elsmere
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Elsmere.
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 4:49 PM Daylight 10 h 02 min Night 13 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:18 PM
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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.
The postal system lists 1 codes for Elsmere.
The time standard for Elsmere is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The sun rises at 6:47 AM, sets at 4:49 PM, and stays over Elsmere for 10 h 02 min. That is today's daylight.
The time given for Elsmere holds for nearby Ashley and Silver Springs too.