West Hempstead in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.7048, -73.6501
- Population
- 18 862
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 352 km away
What time is it in West Hempstead, New York, United States
This page shows the time of day in West Hempstead, New York, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
West Hempstead, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in West Hempstead
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in West Hempstead, New York.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:45 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:05 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in West Hempstead right now
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West Hempstead and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11552
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
- Hempstead — 2.7 km
- Malverne — 3.5 km
- Stewart Manor — 3.6 km
- South Hempstead — 4.0 km
- Mineola — 5.0 km
- East Garden City — 5.3 km
Time and daylight in West Hempstead
West Hempstead tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Today in West Hempstead the sun appears at 6:34 AM and sets again at 4:45 PM. Daylight holds for 10 h 11 min.
Hempstead and Malverne are close to West Hempstead and observe the same time.
The full list of postal codes for West Hempstead runs to 1.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is West Hempstead in?
- West Hempstead is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in West Hempstead vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in West Hempstead: No.
- What time does the sun rise in West Hempstead?
- The sun rises in West Hempstead at 6:34 AM.