New Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0754, -77.4172
- Elevation
- 235 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 135 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in New Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in New Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
New Lancaster, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in New Lancaster
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
New Lancaster keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in New Lancaster right now
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New Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 17266 Walnut Bottom — 1.4 km away
- 17257 Shippensburg — 9.1 km away
- 17241 Newville — 12.3 km away
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 New Lancaster
- New Lancaster Indiana, United States
- New Lancaster Kansas, 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
- Walnut Bottom — 1.9 km
- Lees Cross Roads — 2.2 km
- Stoughstown — 4.3 km
- Cleversburg — 5.9 km
- Oakville — 6.5 km
- Hockersville — 6.7 km
About the time in New Lancaster
New Lancaster is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
In New Lancaster, first light arrives at 6:42 AM and the sun goes down at 5:07 PM. The day holds 10 h 24 min of light.
Walnut Bottom and Lees Cross Roads sit close to New Lancaster and run on the same clock.
Postal numbering in New Lancaster covers 3 codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for New Lancaster?
- The time zone name used for New Lancaster is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, New Lancaster?
- Daylight saving time in New Lancaster: No.
- When does the sun come up in New Lancaster?
- Sunrise in New Lancaster is at 6:42 AM.