United States
Time now in Chester
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:21Sunset 07:47Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
33,972
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
07:47
Day length
13h 27m
Coordinates
39.85, -75.37
Time difference from Chester
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Chester right now.
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About the time in Chester
Chester runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Chester day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Sunrise today lands at 06:21 and sunset at 07:47 local time, giving 13h 27m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (39.85, -75.37) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Chester.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chester
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Chester right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Chester, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Chester?
- Chester is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Chester in?
- Chester uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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