Perth Amboy in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5068, -74.2654
- Population
- 52 682
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 297 km away
What time is it in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States
The current local time in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.
Perth Amboy, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Perth Amboy
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Perth Amboy keeps America/New_York clock_time.
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 6:06 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in Perth Amboy right now
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Perth Amboy and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08861
- 08862
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
- Barber — 2.7 km
- Hopelawn — 3.2 km
- Keasbey — 3.5 km
- Boynton Beach — 4.6 km
- Fords — 5.0 km
- Crossmans — 5.3 km
Time and daylight in Perth Amboy
The same hours are kept in Perth Amboy and in nearby Barber and Hopelawn.
2 postal codes are current for Perth Amboy.
The time standard for Perth Amboy is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
In Perth Amboy, today's sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets at 4:49 PM. Light stays for 10 h 14 min.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Perth Amboy?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Perth Amboy; its offset is −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Perth Amboy?
- Daylight saving in Perth Amboy: No.
- When does the sun go down in Perth Amboy?
- Sunset in Perth Amboy is at 4:49 PM.