Scranton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4092, -75.6649
- Population
- 77 118
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 303 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Scranton, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Scranton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Scranton keeps America/New_York time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:33 Solar noon 13:03 Sunset 19:33 Daylight 13 h 00 min Night 11 h 00 min Civil twilight 06:05 – 20:01
Weather in Scranton right now
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Scranton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18501
- 18502
- 18503
- 18504
- 18505
- 18508
- 18509
- 18510
- 18512
- 18515
- 18519
- 18540
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
- Bethlehem 74 892
Other places named Scranton
- Scranton South Carolina, United States
- Scranton Kansas, United States
- Scranton Iowa, United States
- Scranton North Dakota, United States
- Scranton Arkansas, 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
- Dunmore — 3.0 km
- Keyser Valley — 3.2 km
- Minooka — 4.0 km
- Borough Of Taylor — 4.4 km
- Borough Of Dunmore — 4.9 km
- Lackawanna County — 5.6 km
About the time in Scranton
The sun rises at 06:33 above Scranton and sets at 19:33 today. Daylight lasts about 13 h 00 min.
Same time, different place: Dunmore and Taylor near Scranton.
12 postal codes are current for Scranton.
The zone name for Scranton is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Scranton use?
- Scranton uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Scranton keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Scranton: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Scranton?
- The sun goes down at 19:33.