Wilmington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7349, -75.5284
- Population
- 70 898
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 160 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Wilmington, Delaware, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Wilmington, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Wilmington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Wilmington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Wilmington right now
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Wilmington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01887
- 05363
- 12997
- 19801
- 19802
- 19803
- 19804
- 19805
- 19806
- 19807
- 19808
- 19809
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
Other places named Wilmington
- Wilmington North Carolina, United States
- Wilmington California, United States
- Wilmington Massachusetts, United States
- Wilmington Ohio, United States
- Wilmington Illinois, 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
- South Wilmington — 1.5 km
- Rosegate — 3.2 km
- Stonehaven — 3.7 km
- Ridgewood — 3.8 km
- Bellefonte — 3.8 km
- Augustine — 3.9 km
Local time details for Wilmington
Local clocks in Wilmington follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
Look for sunrise at 7:14 AM and sunset at 6:23 PM in Wilmington today. The day carries 11 h 09 min of light.
Near Wilmington you can add South Wilmington and Rosegate, both on the same time.
The postal breakdown of Wilmington runs to 12 codes.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Wilmington based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Wilmington is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Wilmington stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Wilmington: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Wilmington?
- It is 7:14 AM.