Bristol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.9576, -69.5092
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 749
- Region
- Maine
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 842 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bristol, Maine, United States
This page carries the current local time for Bristol, Maine, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Bristol, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Bristol
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Bristol.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in Bristol right now
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Bristol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02809
- 03222
- 04539
- 05443
- 06010
- 06011
- 19007
- 24201
- 24202
- 24203
- 24205
- 24209
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 Maine
- Portland 66 881
- Lewiston 36 202
- Bangor 32 391
- West Scarborough 27 706
- South Portland 25 556
- South Portland Gardens 23 893
Other places named Bristol
- Bristol England, United Kingdom
- Bristol Connecticut, United States
- Bristol Tennessee, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
- Bristol Rhode Island, 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
- Walpole — 4.0 km
- Round Pond — 4.0 km
- Lincoln County — 4.7 km
- West Bristol — 5.0 km
- Muscongus — 5.4 km
- Pemaquid — 5.7 km
Bristol: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes assigned across Bristol total 12.
Bristol is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −4. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
The sun rises at 6:53 AM, sets at 5:56 PM, and stays over Bristol for 11 h 03 min. That is today's daylight.
Bristol and nearby Round Pond and Walpole are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Bristol uses?
- Bristol uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Bristol have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Bristol: Yes.
- When does evening light leave Bristol?
- At 5:56 PM.