Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9754, -76.2894
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 167
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 65 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Maryland, United States
This page shows the current local time in Chester, Maryland, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Chester, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Chester, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:36 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 Maryland
- Baltimore 585 708
- Columbia 99 615
- Germantown 86 395
- Silver Spring 71 452
- Frederick 69 479
- Waldorf 67 752
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
- Castle Marina — 1.0 km
- Stevensville — 2.2 km
- Bentons Pleasure — 2.7 km
- Walnut Shores — 3.6 km
- Bay City — 4.7 km
- Watersman — 6.6 km
Time and daylight in Chester
Chester accounts for 12 postal codes.
Chester uses the America/New_York time zone with a UTC−4 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Chester at 7:31 AM and leaves it at 6:09 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 37 min.
The time given for Chester holds for nearby Castle Marina and Stevensville too.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Chester?
- Chester uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Chester go back at any point?
- Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Chester?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:09 PM.