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What time is it in New Providence, New Jersey, United States

Learn the current time in New Providence, New Jersey, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−5).

New Providence, United States

1:52:03 AM

Sunday, 1 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in New Providence

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in New Providence.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:24 PM

Weather in New Providence right now

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New Providence and its neighbours

New Providence at 40.6984, -74.4015 with the nearest towns within 6.8 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

07974
17560
50206

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.

New Providence in numbers

Coordinates: 40.6984, -74.4015
Elevation: 67 m above sea level
Population: 12 469
Region: New Jersey
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 301 km away
Same name: 10 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in New Jersey

Newark 281 944
Jersey City 264 290
Paterson 147 754
Elizabeth 129 007
Edison 102 548
Trenton 89 620

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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 Chatham — 4.9 km
Chatham — 5.0 km
Glenfield — 5.0 km
Crestview — 5.2 km
Gillette — 6.1 km
Brantwood — 6.2 km

Time and daylight in New Providence

The full list of postal codes for New Providence runs to 3.

The offset in New Providence is UTC−5, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: No.

Sunrise today in New Providence lands at 6:29 AM; sunset lands at 4:56 PM. That is 10 h 27 min of light.

Nearby settlements including Borough Of Chatham and Chatham match the time in New Providence.

Questions and answers

How is the time zone for New Providence labeled?: The time zone for New Providence is labeled America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Do the clocks in New Providence go back at any point?: No.
When does morning light reach New Providence?: At 6:29 AM.