Bristol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6771, -71.2662
- Population
- 22 795
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 579 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
The clock for Bristol, Rhode Island, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Bristol, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Bristol
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Bristol.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 5:47 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Bristol right now
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Bristol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02809
- 03222
- 04539
- 05443
- 06010
- 06011
- 19007
- 24201
- 24202
- 24203
- 24205
- 24209
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 Rhode Island
- Providence 190 934
- Warwick 81 699
- Cranston 81 073
- Pawtucket 71 591
- East Providence 47 408
- Woonsocket 41 475
Other places named Bristol
- Bristol England, United Kingdom
- Bristol Connecticut, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
- Bristol Tennessee, United States
- Bristol Virginia, 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
- Bristol Township — 0.8 km
- Bristol Highlands — 2.8 km
- Coggeshall — 3.4 km
- Bristol County — 3.6 km
- Touisset Highlands — 4.2 km
- Touisset — 5.8 km
Time and daylight in Bristol
Postal codes tied to Bristol number 12.
The clock standard in Bristol is America/New_York, offset by UTC−4. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
At Bristol the sun clears the horizon at 7:13 AM and sinks again at 5:47 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 33 min.
The hour in Bristol is the hour in Bristol Township and Bristol Highlands as well.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Bristol in for local time?
- For local time, Bristol is in America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Bristol?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Bristol?
- Today the sun rises at 7:13 AM.