Local time · Quincy
What time is it in Quincy, Massachusetts?
4:49:31AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 103,434
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Quincy
Quincy is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Quincy sits at 42.26°N, 71.01°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Quincy.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Quincy it is highest at 11:28 am today — 32 minutes before clock noon.
At 71.0°W, Quincy 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 Quincy today
- Sunrise
- 6:32 am
- Sunset
- 4:24 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 52 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 16 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 52 minutes in Quincy, and the day is getting shorter by 2 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 42.3°N that puts Quincy between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.