South Bethany in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5162, -75.0592
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Population
- 497
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 177 km away
What time is it in South Bethany, Delaware, United States
The reading below is the local time in South Bethany, Delaware, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
South Bethany, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in South Bethany
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in South Bethany.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:26 PM
Weather in South Bethany right now
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South Bethany and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 19930 Bethany Beach — 1.8 km away
- 19944 Fenwick Island — 3.3 km away
- 19970 Ocean View — 6.0 km away
- 19967 Millville — 6.7 km away
- 19975 Selbyville — 10.2 km away
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
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- Brooklyn United States
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- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Middlesex Beach — 0.8 km
- York Beach — 0.9 km
- Sea Colony — 1.4 km
- Wilgus Subdivision — 2.1 km
- Kings Grant — 3.3 km
- Queens Quest — 3.6 km
Time and daylight in South Bethany
The time in South Bethany is also the time in nearby Middlesex Beach and York Beach.
South Bethany includes 5 postal codes.
South Bethany sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
The day begins at South Bethany with sunrise at 6:31 AM and ends with sunset at 4:59 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 28 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in South Bethany?
- In South Bethany, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time apply in South Bethany?
- No.
- What hour brings sunset in South Bethany?
- The hour is 4:59 PM.