Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4037, -73.9915
- Elevation
- 5 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 867
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 310 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Highlands, New Jersey, United States
What follows is the current local time in Highlands, New Jersey, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Highlands, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Highlands
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Highlands keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Highlands right now
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Highlands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07732
- 28741
- 77562
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 Highlands
- Highlands Texas, United States
- Highlands British Columbia, Canada
- Highlands Alberta, Canada
- Highlands North Carolina, United States
- Highlands Victoria, Australia
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 Highlands — 0.1 km
- Waterwitch — 0.6 km
- Navesink Beach — 2.1 km
- Hilton — 2.8 km
- Normandie — 3.0 km
- Locust — 3.1 km
Highlands: clock, sun and surroundings
3 distinct postal codes apply to Highlands.
The offset in Highlands is UTC−4, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Highlands has sunrise at 7:23 AM today and sunset at 5:58 PM. Light holds for 10 h 35 min.
Time runs the same in Highlands and in nearby Borough Of Highlands and Waterwitch.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Highlands in?
- Highlands is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks in Highlands shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does morning light reach Highlands?
- At 7:23 AM.