What time is it in Wilmington, Massachusetts?
8:04:46 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
- 23,349
Daylight saving in Wilmington
Wilmington is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Wilmington sits at 42.56°N, 71.16°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Wilmington.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Wilmington it is highest at 12:36 pm today — 36 minutes after clock noon.
At 71.2°W, Wilmington sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Wilmington today
- Sunrise
- 6:35 am
- Sunset
- 6:36 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 19 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Wilmington, 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 Wilmington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.