Sanford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.4393, -70.7742
- Population
- 20 893
- Region
- Maine
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 728 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sanford, Maine, United States
The clock for Sanford, Maine, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Sanford, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sanford
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sanford.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:34 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:03 PM
Weather in Sanford right now
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Sanford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04073
- 23426
- 27330
- 27331
- 27332
- 32771
- 32772
- 32773
- 48657
- 79078
- 81151
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 Sanford
- Sanford Florida, United States
- Sanford North Carolina, United States
- Sanford Colorado, United States
- Sanford Michigan, United States
- Sanford Alabama, 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
- Springvale — 3.4 km
- South Sanford — 4.0 km
- Alfred — 6.1 km
- Alfred Mills — 6.4 km
- Estes Hill — 7.9 km
- Lebanon — 7.9 km
Local time details for Sanford
Time in Sanford applies without change in Springvale and South Sanford nearby.
Mail delivery in Sanford relies on 11 postal codes.
Local clocks in Sanford follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
In Sanford, today's sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 4:34 PM. Light stays for 10 h 12 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Sanford?
- The time zone assigned to Sanford is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Sanford include a summer time period?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Sanford?
- 4:34 PM.