Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.3978, -82.2224
- Elevation
- 210 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 135
- Region
- Ohio
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 521 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Ohio, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Amherst, Ohio, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Amherst, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Amherst
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Amherst.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:16 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 Ohio
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Massachusetts, 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
- Westwoods Mobile Home Park — 2.3 km
- Erie West Mobile Home Park — 4.9 km
- Brownhelm — 5.1 km
- Harry's Mobile Home Park — 5.2 km
- South Amherst — 5.3 km
- Shoreway Mobile Home Park — 5.8 km
Amherst: clock, sun and surroundings
11 distinct postal codes apply to Amherst.
The zone that governs Amherst is America/New_York at UTC−4. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
For Amherst today, sunrise is 7:43 AM and sunset is 6:48 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 06 min.
Check Amherst and you have also checked Westwoods Mobile Home Park and Erie West Mobile Home Park.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Amherst?
- The time zone designation for Amherst is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks in Amherst shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Amherst?
- It rises at 7:43 AM.