What time is it in Gloucester, Massachusetts?

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

Gloucester sits at 42.63°N, 70.69°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Gloucester.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Gloucester it is highest at 12:34 pm today — 34 minutes after clock noon.

At 70.7°W, Gloucester sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Gloucester, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 16 minutes, from 15 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 3 minutes in December.

At 42.6°N that puts Gloucester between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.