What time is it in Braintree, Massachusetts?
8:53:11 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 39,134
Daylight saving in Braintree
Braintree is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Braintree sits at 42.21°N, 71.00°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Braintree.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Braintree it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.
At 71.0°W, Braintree sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Braintree today
- Sunrise
- 6:34 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 16 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Braintree, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 11 minutes, from 15 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 42.2°N that puts Braintree between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.