Carteret in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5773, -74.2282
- Population
- 24 170
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 304 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carteret, New Jersey, United States
The exact time in Carteret, New Jersey, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Carteret, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Carteret
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Carteret.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Carteret right now
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Carteret and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07008
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 New Jersey
Other places named Carteret
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
- Borough Of Carteret — 0.7 km
- Chrome — 1.0 km
- Boynton Beach — 4.0 km
- Edgar — 4.2 km
- Grasselli — 4.5 km
- Avenel — 4.8 km
Local time details for Carteret
The sun is up at 6:36 AM in Carteret and down again at 4:47 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 11 min of daylight.
Look nearby and you will see Borough Of Carteret and Chrome on the same clock as Carteret.
Postal designations for Carteret total 1.
Carteret holds to America/New_York time, which equals UTC−5. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Carteret?
- The time in Carteret is calculated using America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Carteret?
- No.
- What time is last light in Carteret?
- The sun sets at 4:47 PM.