Hockessin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7876, -75.6966
- Elevation
- 78 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 527
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 152 km away
What time is it in Hockessin, Delaware, United States
You can see the current local time of Hockessin, Delaware, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Hockessin, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Hockessin
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Hockessin, Delaware.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Hockessin right now
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Hockessin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 19707
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
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
- Vintage Village — 0.9 km
- White Briar — 0.9 km
- Stoneridge — 1.5 km
- Tree Top Valley — 1.8 km
- Runnymeade — 1.8 km
- Southwood — 2.3 km
Time and daylight in Hockessin
1 postal code covers the territory of Hockessin.
Hours in Hockessin are kept by America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: No.
Hockessin gets its sunrise at 6:35 AM and its sunset at 5:00 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 25 min.
Hockessin, Vintage Village and White Briar all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Hockessin?
- Local time in Hockessin is determined by America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Hockessin move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Hockessin?
- Sunset there is at 5:00 PM.