Albany in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6168, -75.8666
- Elevation
- 123 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 216 km away
- Same name
- 31 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Albany, Pennsylvania, United States
The local time in Albany, Pennsylvania, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Albany, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Albany
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Albany, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:25 PM
Weather in Albany right now
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Albany and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05820
- 12201
- 12202
- 12203
- 12204
- 12205
- 12206
- 12207
- 12208
- 12209
- 12210
- 12211
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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
Other places named Albany
- Albany New York, United States
- Albany Georgia, United States
- Albany Oregon, United States
- Albany Western Australia, Australia
- Albany California, 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
- Greenawald — 1.6 km
- Kempton — 1.6 km
- Trexler — 2.4 km
- Fetherolfsville — 3.2 km
- Klinesville — 4.6 km
- Steinsville — 4.6 km
Albany: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise falls at 6:40 AM today in Albany, with the sun setting at 4:56 PM. That leaves 10 h 16 min of light.
The clock in nearby Greenawald and Kempton follows Albany.
12 postal codes are current for Albany.
Albany follows America/New_York, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Albany?
- The designation used for Albany is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Albany shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Albany.
- The sun sets at 4:56 PM.