Buffalo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.8865, -78.8784
- Population
- 258 071
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 470 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Buffalo, New York, United States
The local time of Buffalo, New York, United States is presented here, in line with the America/New_York zone (−4).
Buffalo, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Buffalo
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Buffalo, New York.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:45 Solar noon 13:16 Sunset 19:47 Daylight 13 h 03 min Night 10 h 57 min Civil twilight 06:16 – 20:16
Weather in Buffalo right now
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Buffalo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14201
- 14202
- 14203
- 14204
- 14205
- 14206
- 14207
- 14208
- 14209
- 14210
- 14211
- 14212
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 Buffalo
- Buffalo Minnesota, United States
- Buffalo Wyoming, United States
- Buffalo Missouri, United States
- Buffalo Texas, United States
- Buffalo Oklahoma, 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
- Sloan — 6.9 km
- West Seneca — 7.6 km
- Doyle — 7.7 km
- Winchester — 7.9 km
- Lackawanna — 8.1 km
- Walden — 8.1 km
Local time details for Buffalo
Postal codes tied to Buffalo number 12.
Local time in Buffalo comes from the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun is up at 06:45 in Buffalo and down again at 19:47. Between those times there are 13 h 03 min of daylight.
Places close to Buffalo, among them Sloan and West Seneca, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Buffalo?
- Local time in Buffalo is determined by America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Buffalo go back at any point?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Buffalo?
- The sun is setting at 19:47.