Raritan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5695, -74.6329
- Elevation
- 21 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 031
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 277 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Raritan, New Jersey, United States
What follows is the current local time in Raritan, New Jersey, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Raritan, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Raritan
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Raritan, New Jersey.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Raritan right now
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Raritan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08869
- 61471
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 Raritan
- Raritan Illinois, 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
- Green Knoll — 3.8 km
- Branchburg Township — 4.4 km
- Grandview — 4.4 km
- Finderne — 4.7 km
- Borough Of Manville — 4.8 km
- Manville — 5.0 km
Local time details for Raritan
Local time in Raritan is governed by America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Raritan at 7:28 AM and sunset at 5:58 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 30 min of light.
Near Raritan you can add Green Knoll and Branchburg Township, both on the same time.
Raritan has 2 postal codes in total.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Raritan in for local time?
- For local time, Raritan is in America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Raritan observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Raritan: Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Raritan?
- Local sunset is 5:58 PM.