Shelter Island in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.0681, -72.3387
- Elevation
- 16 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 333
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 467 km away
What time is it in Shelter Island, New York, United States
Get the current local time in Shelter Island, New York, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Shelter Island, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Shelter Island
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Shelter Island.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:07 PM
Weather in Shelter Island right now
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Shelter Island and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11964
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
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
- Montclair Colony — 2.1 km
- Silver Beach — 2.5 km
- Dering Harbor — 2.8 km
- Greenport — 4.3 km
- Greenport Homes — 4.4 km
- Arshamonaque — 5.0 km
Time and daylight in Shelter Island
Montclair Colony and Silver Beach are neighbours of Shelter Island on the same clock.
Postal numbering in Shelter Island covers 1 codes.
Shelter Island stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
The sun rises here at 6:31 AM and sets at 4:38 PM in Shelter Island today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 07 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Shelter Island use?
- Shelter Island uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Shelter Island?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Shelter Island — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:31 AM, sunset at 4:38 PM.