Rutherford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6890, -75.6802
- Elevation
- 21 m above sea level
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 146 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rutherford, Delaware, United States
The time now in Rutherford, Delaware, United States is shown here, following the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Rutherford, United States
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Rutherford
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rutherford.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 7:28 PM Daylight 12 h 52 min Night 11 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 7:56 PM
Weather in Rutherford right now
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Rutherford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07070
- 38369
- 94573
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 Rutherford
- Rutherford New Jersey, United States
- Rutherford New South Wales, Australia
- Rutherford Alberta, Canada
- Rutherford Pennsylvania, United States
- Rutherford Tennessee, 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
- Sheffield Manor — 1.3 km
- Ruthby — 1.9 km
- Pinecrest — 3.0 km
- Salem Village — 3.0 km
- Albion — 3.2 km
- Varlano — 3.4 km
Local time details for Rutherford
Look nearby and you will see Brookside and Pike Creek on the same clock as Rutherford.
Within Rutherford, postal codes number 3.
Rutherford reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
The sun rises over Rutherford today at 6:37 AM and slips away at 7:28 PM. That leaves 12 h 52 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Rutherford use?
- Rutherford uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Rutherford follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Rutherford today?
- Today it rises at 6:37 AM.