Portsmouth in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6023, -71.2503
- Population
- 17 756
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 576 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States
Find out what time it is now in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−4).
Portsmouth, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Portsmouth
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Portsmouth keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:00 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 11 h 02 min Night 12 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Portsmouth right now
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Portsmouth and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02871
- 03801
- 03802
- 03803
- 03804
- 23701
- 23702
- 23703
- 23704
- 23705
- 23707
- 23708
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 Portsmouth
- Portsmouth England, United Kingdom
- Portsmouth Virginia, United States
- Portsmouth New Hampshire, United States
- Portsmouth Ohio, United States
- Portsmouth Saint John Parish, Dominica
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
- Melville — 3.2 km
- Tiverton — 4.0 km
- Homestead — 5.3 km
- Grayville — 5.5 km
- Lawtons — 6.7 km
- Middletown — 7.2 km
Local time details for Portsmouth
The sun comes up over Portsmouth at 7:00 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:03 PM. That is 11 h 02 min between the two.
Time in Melville and Tiverton, both close to Portsmouth, runs the same.
Portsmouth is split into 12 postal code areas.
Portsmouth operates on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Portsmouth?
- Select America/New_York for Portsmouth; the offset is −4.
- Does Portsmouth move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Portsmouth?
- It disappears at 6:03 PM.