Rutherford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8265, -74.1068
- Population
- 18 690
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 330 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
The time in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Rutherford, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rutherford
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Rutherford.
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 9 h 57 min Night 14 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:10 PM
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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.
Rutherford carries 3 postal codes.
Rutherford runs its day on America/New_York, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Expect sunrise at 6:43 AM and sunset at 4:41 PM in Rutherford today. Daylight adds up to 9 h 57 min.
East Rutherford and Borough Of East Rutherford are near Rutherford and do not differ from it in time.