Wilkes-BarreUnited States
Current time in Wilkes-Barre, United States
Monday, 31 August 2026
Eastern Daylight TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockWilkes-Barre time at a glance
- Country
- United States
- Location
- City in Pennsylvania
- Time zone
America/New_York- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 at 01:00 GMT-5
Weather now
Weather in Wilkes-Barre
Conditions near Wilkes-Barre and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Light rain shower
- Feels like
- 21°C
- Humidity
- 78%
- Wind
- 11.9 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0.2 mm
3-day forecast
- Light drizzle18°C to 25°C89% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.7 km/h
- Fog18°C to 30°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 12.6 km/h
- Fog19°C to 31°C90% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.3 km/h
Forecast valid from 16:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T20:20:07.550Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T20:35:07.550Z.
Time-zone identity for Wilkes-Barre
- IANA zone
America/New_York- UTC offset now
- UTC-04:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Wilkes-Barre is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Wilkes-Barre
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Wilkes-Barre
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/New_York, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Wilkes-Barre
Location details for Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania, United States.
- Administrative area
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 40,780
- Coordinates
- 41.2459° N, 75.8813° W. The elevation is 163 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Wilkes-Barre
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Wilkes-Barre. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Back MountainPennsylvania, United States14 km northwest
America/New_YorkSame local time - ScrantonPennsylvania, United States26 km northeast
America/New_YorkSame local time - HazletonPennsylvania, United States33 km south
America/New_YorkSame local time - Whitehall TownshipPennsylvania, United States72 km southeast
America/New_YorkSame local time - AllentownPennsylvania, United States78 km southeast
America/New_YorkSame local time - BethlehemPennsylvania, United States81 km southeast
America/New_YorkSame local time
Sources for Wilkes-Barre time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.