Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8497, -75.3571
- Population
- 34 092
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 179 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Local time in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Chester, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Chester keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, United States
- Chester New Hampshire, 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
- Aniline Village — 8.3 km
- Whites Village — 9.0 km
- Worthland — 9.1 km
- Carpenter — 9.8 km
- Stockdale — 10.2 km
- Claymont — 10.3 km
Chester: clock, sun and surroundings
Nearby places like Aniline Village and Whites Village are on Chester time.
Mail delivery in Chester relies on 12 postal codes.
Chester tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises over Chester today at 6:31 AM and slips away at 5:01 PM. That leaves 10 h 30 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Chester?
- Yes, Chester uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Does Chester switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Chester: No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Chester?
- 6:31 AM marks sunrise.