Matawan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4148, -74.2296
- Elevation
- 15 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 853
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 294 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matawan, New Jersey, United States
Local time in Matawan, New Jersey, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Matawan, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Matawan
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Matawan.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:57 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Matawan right now
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Matawan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07747
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 Matawan
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
- Aberdeen — 1.3 km
- Freneau — 1.6 km
- Cliffwood — 2.6 km
- Borough Of Keyport — 3.1 km
- Cliffwood Beach — 3.2 km
- Keyport — 3.3 km
About the time in Matawan
Matawan and nearby Aberdeen and Freneau are never an hour apart.
Matawan accounts for 1 postal code.
People in Matawan keep America/New_York, a zone offset of UTC−4. Seasonal time change: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Matawan at 7:25 AM and fades after 5:58 PM today. The span is 10 h 33 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Matawan?
- The clock in Matawan follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Matawan?
- Daylight saving time in Matawan: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Matawan?
- The sun goes down at 5:58 PM.