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 is a live clock for Amherst, Ohio, United States, showing local time in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Amherst, United States
Friday, 4 September 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 06:59 Solar noon 13:29 Sunset 19:59 Daylight 13 h 00 min Night 11 h 00 min Civil twilight 06:31 – 20:27
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 postal codes are listed for Amherst.
The zone that governs Amherst is America/New_York at UTC−4. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
In Amherst today the sun is out from 06:59 until 19:59. That comes to 13 h 00 min of daylight.
Nearby Brownhelm and South Amherst need no separate clock from Amherst.
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 06:59.