Cranston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7660, -71.4824
- Population
- 81 073
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 569 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
This page keeps the current time in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States, according to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Cranston, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Cranston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Cranston keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:28 PM Daylight 9 h 53 min Night 14 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:05 AM – 4:58 PM
Weather in Cranston right now
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Cranston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02910
- 02920
- 02921
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
- Pawtucket 71 591
- East Providence 47 408
- Woonsocket 41 475
- Coventry 35 525
Other places named Cranston
- Cranston Alberta, Canada
- Cranston Kentucky, United States
- Cranston Iowa, United States
- Cranston Ontario, Canada
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
- Wayland — 1.7 km
- Garden City — 2.6 km
- Auburn — 4.6 km
- East Natick — 5.3 km
- Hillsgrove — 5.7 km
- Westcott — 5.8 km
Local time details for Cranston
3 distinct postal codes apply to Cranston.
Clocks in Cranston take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise today in Cranston lands at 6:35 AM; sunset lands at 4:28 PM. That is 9 h 53 min of light.
For nearby Wayland and Garden City, use the time shown for Cranston.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Cranston?
- America/New_York corresponds to Cranston and has an offset of −5.
- Does Cranston have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Cranston: No.
- When does the sun appear in Cranston?
- It appears at 6:35 AM.