What time is it in Chester, Pennsylvania?

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

Chester sits at 39.85°N, 75.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Chester.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Chester it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.

At 75.4°W, Chester 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 Chester, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 39 minutes, from 15 hours at the June solstice down to 9 hours 20 minutes in December.

At 39.8°N that puts Chester between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.