Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.3626, -74.2713
- Elevation
- 146 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 918
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 361 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, New York, United States
What follows is the current local time in Chester, New York, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Chester, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Chester.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:22 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, 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
- East Chester — 1.0 km
- Greycourt — 1.3 km
- Otter Kill — 2.6 km
- Craigville — 3.8 km
- Orange County — 5.2 km
- Marycrest — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Chester
Close by, East Chester and Greycourt keep time with Chester.
Delivery zones in Chester are marked by 12 postal codes.
Chester sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today the sun rises over Chester at 6:31 AM and sets at 4:53 PM. That is 10 h 22 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Chester?
- The local time zone in Chester is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Chester shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Chester?
- The sun comes up at 6:31 AM.