Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.9784, -78.7998
- Population
- 122 366
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 478 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, New York, United States
This is a live clock for Amherst, New York, United States, showing local time in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Amherst, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Amherst
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Amherst, New York.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01002
- 01003
- 01004
- 03031
- 24521
- 44001
- 54406
- 57421
- 68812
- 79312
- 80721
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 York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst Massachusetts, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amherst Virginia, United States
- Amherst Wisconsin, 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
- North Bailey — 1.4 km
- Eggertsville — 1.7 km
- Snyder — 2.1 km
- Brighton — 3.3 km
- Kenilworth — 3.6 km
- Cleveland Hill — 3.9 km
About the time in Amherst
Today Amherst gets sunrise at 7:48 AM and sunset at 6:12 PM. That leaves 10 h 24 min of daylight.
Time in Amherst applies without change in North Bailey and Eggertsville nearby.
Postal areas within Amherst come to 11.
Amherst keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−4, with daylight saving time Yes.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Amherst?
- The time zone used in Amherst is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Amherst keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Amherst: Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Amherst?
- Sunset there is at 6:12 PM.