Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0379, -76.3055
- Population
- 59 339
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 142 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
See what time it currently is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−4).
Lancaster, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:40 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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
Other places named Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- 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
- Engleside — 1.6 km
- Glen Moore — 2.7 km
- Clearview — 2.8 km
- Colonial Manor — 4.1 km
- Wabank — 4.9 km
- Fertility — 5.5 km
Lancaster: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes divide Lancaster.
Clocks in Lancaster take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:28 AM above Lancaster and sets at 6:12 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 43 min.
The same hours are kept in Lancaster and in nearby Engleside and Glen Moore.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Lancaster be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Lancaster move for summer time?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Lancaster?
- The sun rises at 7:28 AM.