What time is it in Melrose, Massachusetts?
8:53:17 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
- 29,938
Daylight saving in Melrose
Melrose is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Melrose sits at 42.46°N, 71.06°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Melrose.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Melrose it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.
At 71.1°W, Melrose sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Melrose today
- Sunrise
- 6:35 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Melrose, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 14 minutes, from 15 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 42.5°N that puts Melrose between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.