Hightstown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.2696, -74.5232
- Elevation
- 31 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 517
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 264 km away
What time is it in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States
Check the current local time in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Hightstown, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hightstown
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Hightstown.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Hightstown right now
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Hightstown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08520
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
- Borough Of Hightstown — 0.2 km
- Etra — 2.3 km
- Applegarth — 4.4 km
- Cranbury Station — 4.5 km
- Cranbury — 5.2 km
- Golf View Manor — 5.9 km
Hightstown: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in Hightstown runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−4. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Sunrise in Hightstown is at 7:21 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:06 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 45 min.
Look nearby and you will see Borough Of Hightstown and Etra on the same clock as Hightstown.
Postal codes valid in Hightstown number 1.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Hightstown?
- Yes, Hightstown uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Does Hightstown follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Hightstown.
- They are 7:21 AM and 6:06 PM.