Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7137, -82.5993
- Population
- 39 766
- Region
- Ohio
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 487 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Ohio, United States
The time in Lancaster, Ohio, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Lancaster, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lancaster, Ohio.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:47 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 7:13 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Texas, United States
- Lancaster New York, 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
- Carpenters Addition — 0.4 km
- Whites — 1.2 km
- Fairfield County — 5.0 km
- Hooker — 6.4 km
- Dumontville — 7.2 km
- Delmont — 7.8 km
Time and daylight in Lancaster
Postal codes in Lancaster number 12.
In Lancaster the time zone is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−4. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Sun-up in Lancaster is 7:47 AM today and sun-down is 6:46 PM. That gap holds 10 h 59 min of daylight.
Neighbours of Lancaster such as Carpenters Addition and Whites share its clock.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Lancaster?
- The time zone designation for Lancaster is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the local time in Lancaster change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Lancaster?
- Local sunset is 6:46 PM.