Fairfield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8837, -74.3060
- Elevation
- 53 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 063
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 321 km away
- Same name
- 103 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Learn the current time in Fairfield, New Jersey, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Fairfield, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Fairfield
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Fairfield.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:57 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Fairfield right now
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Fairfield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04937
- 05455
- 06824
- 06825
- 06828
- 07004
- 17320
- 24435
- 27826
- 32634
- 35064
- 40020
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 Fairfield
- Fairfield California, United States
- Fairfield Connecticut, United States
- Fairfield Ohio, United States
- Fairfield New South Wales, Australia
- Fairfield British Columbia, Canada
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
- Clinton — 0.9 km
- Franklin — 3.7 km
- Lower Montville — 5.3 km
- Caldwell — 5.5 km
- Meadow Village — 6.2 km
- Essex Fells — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Fairfield
12 postal codes are current for Fairfield.
Time zone for Fairfield: America/New_York, running at UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Today Fairfield gets sunrise at 7:25 AM and sunset at 5:59 PM. That leaves 10 h 34 min of daylight.
The clock reading for Fairfield covers nearby Clinton and Franklin as well.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Fairfield?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Fairfield, with an offset of −4.
- Does Fairfield switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Fairfield: Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Fairfield?
- It rises at 7:25 AM.