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
The time in Elsmere, Delaware, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Elsmere, United States
Sunday, 25 October 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 7:24 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:57 AM – 6:38 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 postal system lists 1 codes for Elsmere.
The time standard for Elsmere is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:24 AM, sets at 6:11 PM, and stays over Elsmere for 10 h 47 min. That is today's daylight.
The time given for Elsmere holds for nearby Ashley and Silver Springs too.
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 6:11 PM.