Scotch Plains in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6328, -74.3739
- Elevation
- 43 m above sea level
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 299 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States
Local time right now in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Scotch Plains, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Scotch Plains
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Scotch Plains keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in Scotch Plains right now
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Scotch Plains and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07076
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 Scotch Plains
- Scotch Plains New Jersey, 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
- Fanwood — 1.2 km
- Borough Of Fanwood — 1.4 km
- Borough Of Garwood — 4.7 km
- Garwood — 4.8 km
- Lynn Woodoaks — 6.0 km
- Cranford — 6.9 km
Local time details for Scotch Plains
Scotch Plains runs its day on America/New_York, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
The sun rises at 6:37 AM, sets at 4:48 PM, and stays over Scotch Plains for 10 h 11 min. That is today's daylight.
Fanwood and Borough Of Fanwood sit close to Scotch Plains and run on the same clock.
Scotch Plains carries 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Scotch Plains?
- The entry corresponding to Scotch Plains is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Scotch Plains?
- Daylight saving in Scotch Plains: No.
- When does morning light reach Scotch Plains?
- At 6:37 AM.