What time is it in Toms River, New Jersey?

Toms River is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Toms River sits at 39.99°N, 74.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Toms River.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Toms River it is highest at 12:48 pm today — 48 minutes after clock noon.

At 74.2°W, Toms River sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Toms River, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 41 minutes, from 15 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 9 hours 20 minutes in December.

At 40.0°N that puts Toms River between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.