Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4592, -96.3775
- Elevation
- 362 m above sea level
- Population
- 460
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1661 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Nebraska, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Sterling, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Sterling, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sterling
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Sterling.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 7:00 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
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Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Nebraska
Other places named Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, 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
- Saint Mary — 8.4 km
- Burr — 10.7 km
- Adams — 11.2 km
- Helena (historical) — 11.7 km
- Vesta — 11.9 km
- Johnson County — 12.1 km
Sterling: clock, sun and surroundings
Sterling runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Today Sterling gets sunrise at 7:49 AM and sunset at 6:32 PM. That leaves 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Sterling, Saint Mary and Burr all run on one and the same time.
There are 12 postal code zones in Sterling.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Sterling?
- The clock in Sterling follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Sterling shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Sterling?
- It disappears at 6:32 PM.