What time is it in Wellesley, Massachusetts?
8:53:02 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
- 29,550
Daylight saving in Wellesley
Wellesley is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Wellesley sits at 42.31°N, 71.28°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Wellesley.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Wellesley it is highest at 12:36 pm today — 36 minutes after clock noon.
At 71.3°W, Wellesley sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Wellesley today
- Sunrise
- 6:36 am
- Sunset
- 6:37 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Wellesley, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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 Wellesley between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.