Metuchen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5432, -74.3632
- Elevation
- 28 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 886
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 293 km away
What time is it in Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
Right now in Metuchen, New Jersey, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Metuchen, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Metuchen
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Metuchen, New Jersey.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:49 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:18 PM
Weather in Metuchen right now
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Metuchen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08840
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
- Clara Barton — 2.2 km
- Bonhamtown — 2.3 km
- Lahiere — 4.3 km
- Fords — 4.3 km
- Edison — 4.9 km
- Iselin — 5.0 km
Metuchen: clock, sun and surroundings
Nothing changes on the clock between Metuchen and neighbouring Clara Barton or Bonhamtown.
1 postal code covers the territory of Metuchen.
Metuchen reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
The sun shows itself over Metuchen at 6:35 AM and sets at 4:49 PM today. That is 10 h 14 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Metuchen?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Metuchen?
- No.
- Sunset in Metuchen is at what time?
- At 4:49 PM.