Wilkes-Barre in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.2459, -75.8813
- Population
- 40 780
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 279 km away
What time is it in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Watch the current local time in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Wilkes-Barre, United States
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Wilkes-Barre
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 10 h 02 min Night 13 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:19 PM
Weather in Wilkes-Barre right now
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Wilkes-Barre and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18701 Wilkes Barre — 0.4 km away
- 18703 Wilkes Barre — 0.6 km away
- 18766 Wilkes Barre — 0.7 km away
- 18773 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18710 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18711 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18762 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18764 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18765 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18767 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18769 Wilkes Barre — 2.9 km away
- 18704 Kingston — 3.2 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
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
- Kingston — 2.2 km
- Borough Of Kingston — 2.2 km
- Borough Of Edwardsville — 2.8 km
- Midvale — 2.8 km
- Newton — 2.8 km
- Forty Fort — 3.7 km
Time and daylight in Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre, today's sun rises at 6:48 AM and sets at 4:50 PM. Light stays for 10 h 02 min.
Near Wilkes-Barre you can add Kingston and Borough Of Kingston, both on the same time.
Wilkes-Barre carries 12 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Wilkes-Barre is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Wilkes-Barre?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Wilkes-Barre change with daylight saving?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Wilkes-Barre?
- It appears at 6:48 AM.