Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.3342, -84.2297
- Elevation
- 190 m above sea level
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 778 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Michigan, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Nelson, Michigan, United States, in the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Nelson, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Nelson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Nelson.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:09 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 7:40 AM – 7:04 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Other places named Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Roosevelt — 3.6 km
- Orr — 7.0 km
- Garfield — 8.0 km
- Pleasant Valley Estates Mobile Home Park — 8.1 km
- Lakefield — 8.3 km
- Saint Charles — 8.3 km
Time and daylight in Nelson
The register holds 9 postal codes for Nelson.
Nelson counts hours by America/Detroit, which stands at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
Today in Nelson, daylight opens at 8:09 AM and closes at 6:34 PM. That span measures 10 h 25 min.
Neighbouring Roosevelt and Orr sit in the same time as Nelson.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Nelson?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Does the local time in Nelson include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Nelson?
- The sun goes down at 6:34 PM.