Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.4306, -68.5179
- Elevation
- 67 m above sea level
- Population
- 546
- Region
- Maine
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1009 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Maine, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Chester, Maine, United States — the America/New_York zone applies there (−4).
Chester, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Chester, Maine.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 12:21 PM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 6:19 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, 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
- Pea Ridge — 1.0 km
- North Lincoln — 4.4 km
- Woodard (historical) — 5.8 km
- Lincoln Center — 6.1 km
- South Woodville — 6.6 km
- Bowerbank (historical) — 7.4 km
Local time details for Chester
Chester works with 12 postal codes.
The zone covering Chester is called America/New_York and stands at UTC−4. Seasonal clock changes apply: Yes.
Sunrise for Chester today is set at 6:52 AM, sunset at 5:49 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 57 min.
Neighbouring Pea Ridge and North Lincoln keep the same hours as Chester.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Chester uses?
- Chester uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Chester go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Chester — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:52 AM, sunset at 5:49 PM.