What time is it in Barnstable, Massachusetts?

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

Barnstable sits at 41.66°N, 70.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Barnstable.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Barnstable it is highest at 12:33 pm today — 33 minutes after clock noon.

At 70.4°W, Barnstable sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Barnstable, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 3 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.

At 41.7°N that puts Barnstable between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.