Boston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6912, -86.9089
- Elevation
- 142 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 871 km away
- Same name
- 49 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Boston, Kentucky, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Boston, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Boston, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Boston
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Boston, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in Boston right now
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Boston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02108
- 02109
- 02110
- 02111
- 02112
- 02113
- 02114
- 02115
- 02116
- 02117
- 02118
- 02123
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Boston
- Boston Massachusetts, United States
- Boston England, United Kingdom
- Boston New York, United States
- Boston Davao Region, Philippines
- Boston Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Grandview — 2.2 km
- Whitesville — 3.4 km
- Oklahoma — 4.3 km
- Laffoon — 6.4 km
- Habit — 7.7 km
- Philpot — 8.4 km
Local time details for Boston
Nearby Grandview and Whitesville follow the same clock as Boston.
The postal system lists 12 codes for Boston.
Hours in Boston are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:12 AM in Boston and goes down at 5:53 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 41 min.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Boston?
- Yes, Boston uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Do clocks change in Boston during the year?
- Daylight saving in Boston: Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Boston — what times?
- 7:12 AM and 5:53 PM.