Ernston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4562, -74.3104
- Elevation
- 41 m above sea level
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 291 km away
What time is it in Ernston, New Jersey, United States
The local time of Ernston, New Jersey, United States is presented here, in line with the America/New_York zone (−4).
Ernston, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Ernston
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Ernston keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:56 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in Ernston right now
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Ernston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08859 Parlin — 0.5 km away
- 08879 South Amboy — 3.2 km away
- 08872 Sayreville — 3.2 km away
- 08882 South River — 6.0 km away
- 08857 Old Bridge — 6.6 km away
- 07721 Cliffwood — 6.7 km away
- 08832 Keasbey — 7.0 km away
- 08861 Perth Amboy — 7.4 km away
- 07747 Matawan — 7.9 km away
- 10307 Staten Island — 8.1 km away
- 08816 East Brunswick — 8.7 km away
- 08837 Edison — 8.8 km away
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
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
- Crossmans — 3.3 km
- Mechanicsville — 3.7 km
- Gillespie — 3.9 km
- Cheesequake — 4.0 km
- Macarthur Manor — 5.0 km
- Browntown — 6.1 km
About the time in Ernston
Mail addressed to Ernston uses 12 postal codes.
Time in Ernston runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−4. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Today the sun rises over Ernston at 7:25 AM and sets at 5:59 PM. That is 10 h 35 min of daylight in all.
Crossmans and Mechanicsville lie near Ernston and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Ernston?
- In Ernston, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Ernston?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Ernston?
- It sets at 5:59 PM.