Local time · Boston
What time is it in Boston, Massachusetts?
4:49:18AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 673,458
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Boston
Boston is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Boston sits at 42.34°N, 71.02°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Boston.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Boston it is highest at 11:28 am today — 32 minutes before clock noon.
At 71.0°W, Boston sits 16 minutes of solar time east of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 16 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Boston today
- Sunrise
- 6:32 am
- Sunset
- 4:24 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 51 minutes in Boston, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 12 minutes, from 15 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 42.3°N that puts Boston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.