Essex in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.3298, -90.2748
- Elevation
- 50 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1284 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essex, Mississippi, United States
The present local time in Essex, Mississippi, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Essex, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Essex
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Essex, Mississippi.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Essex right now
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Essex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01929
- 05451
- 06426
- 12936
- 21221
- 51638
- 59916
- 60935
- 63846
- 92332
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 Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
Other places named Essex
- Essex Maryland, United States
- Essex Ontario, Canada
- Essex Massachusetts, United States
- Essex Iowa, United States
- Essex Illinois, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Hinchcliff — 2.2 km
- Darling — 3.2 km
- Riverview — 5.6 km
- Falcon — 7.2 km
- West Marks — 7.8 km
- Marks — 8.1 km
Essex: clock, sun and surroundings
In Essex today the sun is out from 7:20 AM until 6:11 PM. That comes to 10 h 51 min of daylight.
Close to Essex, the towns of Hinchcliff and Darling show the same time.
Essex has 10 postal codes in total.
The name of the time zone in Essex is America/Chicago, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Essex observe?
- Essex observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Essex?
- Daylight saving time in Essex: Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Essex?
- Sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 6:11 PM.