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
The page gives the present local time in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−4).
Wilmington, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Wilmington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Wilmington keeps America/New_York time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:34 Solar noon 13:03 Sunset 19:31 Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 06:07 – 19:58
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
The sun rises at 06:34, sets at 19:31, and stays over Wilmington for 12 h 57 min. That is today's daylight.
The hours shown for Wilmington apply equally in Edgemoor and Bellefonte.
Every address in Wilmington sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Local clocks in Wilmington follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
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 06:34.