Somerset in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4976, -74.4885
- Elevation
- 28 m above sea level
- Population
- 22 083
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 282 km away
- Same name
- 51 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Check the current local time in Somerset, New Jersey, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Somerset, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Somerset
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Somerset.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Somerset right now
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Somerset and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02725
- 02726
- 08873
- 08875
- 15501
- 15510
- 22972
- 42501
- 42502
- 42503
- 43783
- 46984
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 Somerset
- Somerset Massachusetts, United States
- Somerset Kentucky, United States
- Somerset Alberta, Canada
- Somerset Pennsylvania, United States
- Somerset Tasmania, Australia
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
- Clyde — 2.2 km
- Adams — 5.2 km
- Fieldville — 5.7 km
- Maple Meade — 6.1 km
- Lawrence Brook Manor — 6.8 km
- Lindenau — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Somerset
The number of postal codes covering Somerset is 12.
Somerset belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: No.
Somerset gets its sunrise at 6:30 AM and its sunset at 4:55 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 25 min.
Same time, different place: Clyde and Adams near Somerset.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Somerset follow?
- Somerset follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Somerset?
- No.
- What time does the sun rise in Somerset?
- The sun rises in Somerset at 6:30 AM.