Ocean City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.2776, -74.5746
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Population
- 11 355
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 217 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ocean City, New Jersey, United States
This page answers what time it is in Ocean City, New Jersey, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Ocean City, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ocean City
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Ocean City keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Ocean City right now
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Ocean City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08226
- 21842
- 21843
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 Ocean City
- Ocean City Maryland, United States
- Ocean City Florida, United States
- Ocean City Washington, United States
- Ocean City Saint Philip, Barbados
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
- Somers Point — 4.8 km
- Beesleys Point — 5.3 km
- Borough Of Longport — 5.5 km
- Ocean Heights — 5.9 km
- Longport — 5.9 km
- Marmora — 6.2 km
About the time in Ocean City
Nearby places that share Ocean City's clock include Somers Point and Beesleys Point.
Sorting mail for Ocean City involves 3 postal codes.
Ocean City runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Expect sunrise at 6:30 AM and sunset at 4:56 PM in Ocean City today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 25 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Ocean City?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Ocean City?
- Daylight saving time in Ocean City: No.
- What time does the day start in Ocean City?
- The sun rises at 6:30 AM.