Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.1497, -109.6250
- Elevation
- 1103 m above sea level
- Region
- Montana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2780 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Montana, United States
The time now in Amherst, Montana, United States is shown here, following the America/Denver time zone (−6).
Amherst, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Amherst
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Amherst.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:39 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 52 min Night 13 h 08 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01002
- 01003
- 01004
- 03031
- 24521
- 44001
- 54406
- 57421
- 68812
- 79312
- 80721
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 Montana
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Massachusetts, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amherst Virginia, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Kingston — 3.1 km
- Spring Creek Junction — 4.6 km
- Ware — 5.0 km
- Hanover — 6.2 km
- Ross Fork — 9.6 km
- King Colony Ranch — 10.5 km
Time and daylight in Amherst
11 postal codes are in use across Amherst.
The local zone in Amherst is America/Denver, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:39 AM today in Amherst, with the sun setting at 6:31 PM. That leaves 10 h 52 min of light.
Check Amherst and you have also checked Kingston and Spring Creek Junction.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Amherst?
- Amherst uses the America/Denver time zone, which has an offset of −6.
- Does the time in Amherst shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Amherst.
- The sunrise hour is 7:39 AM.