Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2793, -72.9787
- Elevation
- 180 m above sea level
- Population
- 627
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 509 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Massachusetts, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Chester, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Chester, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Chester, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 4:42 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:12 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 Massachusetts
- Boston 653 833
- South Boston 571 281
- Worcester 206 518
- Springfield 154 341
- Lowell 110 699
- Cambridge 110 402
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
- Chester Center — 4.6 km
- Bancroft — 5.3 km
- Bonny Rigg Corners — 6.2 km
- North Chester — 6.5 km
- Dayville — 6.6 km
- Becket Center — 7.0 km
About the time in Chester
Close by, Chester Center and Bancroft keep time with Chester.
Chester is covered by 12 postal codes.
The time standard for Chester is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
In Chester today the sun is out from 6:31 AM until 4:42 PM. That comes to 10 h 11 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Chester?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Chester, with an offset of −5.
- Does Chester adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- What is the local sunrise time in Chester?
- Local sunrise is 6:31 AM.