Princeton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3553, -87.5675
- Elevation
- 152 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 626
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 916 km away
- Same name
- 31 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Princeton, Indiana, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Princeton, Indiana, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Princeton, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Princeton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Princeton, Indiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:23 PM
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Princeton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01541
- 04668
- 08540
- 08541
- 08542
- 08543
- 08544
- 24739
- 24740
- 27569
- 35766
- 42445
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 Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
Other places named Princeton
- Princeton Florida, United States
- Princeton New Jersey, United States
- Princeton Texas, United States
- Princeton Illinois, United States
- Princeton Kentucky, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Baldwin Heights — 1.6 km
- Gibson County — 5.1 km
- King — 5.7 km
- Patoka — 6.0 km
- Douglas — 6.4 km
- Lyles — 8.2 km
Time and daylight in Princeton
Whatever the hour in Princeton, it is the same in Baldwin Heights and Gibson County.
Princeton spans 12 postal codes.
The zone that governs Princeton is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Princeton at 7:14 AM and sets at 5:56 PM. That is 10 h 41 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Princeton?
- The designation used for Princeton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Princeton use summer time?
- Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Princeton?
- Sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 5:56 PM.