West Carteret in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5946, -74.2463
- Elevation
- 9 m above sea level
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 304 km away
What time is it in West Carteret, New Jersey, United States
This page shows the current local time in West Carteret, New Jersey, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
West Carteret, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in West Carteret
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
West Carteret keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:46 PM Daylight 10 h 09 min Night 13 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:15 PM
Weather in West Carteret right now
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West Carteret and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07008 Carteret — 1.9 km away
- 07064 Port Reading — 2.6 km away
- 07001 Avenel — 3.0 km away
- 07065 Rahway — 3.4 km away
- 07036 Linden — 4.6 km away
- 07077 Sewaren — 4.7 km away
- 07095 Woodbridge — 5.4 km away
- 10311 Staten Island — 5.8 km away
- 07067 Colonia — 5.9 km away
- 07066 Clark — 6.1 km away
- 08830 Iselin — 6.5 km away
- 07203 Roselle — 6.6 km away
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
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
- Borough Of Carteret — 2.0 km
- Carteret — 2.5 km
- Linden — 3.1 km
- Chrome — 3.2 km
- Avenel — 3.6 km
- Hazelton — 3.8 km
Local time details for West Carteret
The register holds 12 postal codes for West Carteret.
The clock standard in West Carteret is America/New_York, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: No.
The sun rises over West Carteret today at 6:38 AM and slips away at 4:46 PM. That leaves 10 h 09 min of daylight.
Borough Of Carteret and Carteret are near West Carteret and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for West Carteret?
- The time zone label used for West Carteret is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in West Carteret?
- No.
- What is the local sunrise time in West Carteret?
- Local sunrise is 6:38 AM.