Plainfield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6337, -74.4074
- Population
- 51 217
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 296 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Plainfield, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Plainfield
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Plainfield keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Plainfield right now
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Plainfield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01070
- 03781
- 05667
- 06374
- 07060
- 07061
- 07062
- 07063
- 17081
- 43836
- 46168
- 50666
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 Plainfield
- Plainfield Illinois, United States
- Plainfield Indiana, United States
- Plainfield Connecticut, United States
- Plainfield Wisconsin, United States
- Plainfield Iowa, United States
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 Fanwood — 2.0 km
- Fanwood — 2.2 km
- Gillette — 6.7 km
- Borough Of Dunellen — 6.9 km
- Dunellen — 7.3 km
- Borough Of Garwood — 7.4 km
Plainfield: clock, sun and surroundings
Plainfield tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:19 AM in Plainfield, with sunset at 6:06 PM. That works out to 10 h 47 min of light.
Borough Of Fanwood and Fanwood are close to Plainfield and observe the same time.
Locations in Plainfield are covered by 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Plainfield?
- The time zone designation for Plainfield is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Plainfield?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Plainfield?
- The sun goes down at 6:06 PM.