South Toms River in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9421, -74.2043
- Elevation
- 8 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 736
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 270 km away
Watch the current local time in South Toms River, New Jersey, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
South Toms River, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in South Toms River
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
South Toms River keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:16 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.
12 postal codes are attached to South Toms River.
South Toms River observes America/New_York time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
The horizon brightens over South Toms River at 6:36 AM, and the sun sets at 4:48 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 12 min.
Beachwood and Borough Of Beachwood are close to South Toms River and observe the same time.