Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3672, -72.5185
- Population
- 39 833
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 542 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
This page reports the local time in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Amherst, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Amherst
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Amherst.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01002
- 01003
- 01004
- 03031
- 24521
- 44001
- 54406
- 57421
- 68812
- 79312
- 80721
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 Massachusetts
- Boston 653 833
- South Boston 571 281
- Worcester 206 518
- Springfield 154 341
- Lowell 110 699
- Cambridge 110 402
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amherst Virginia, United States
- Amherst Wisconsin, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Mill Valley — 1.3 km
- East Village — 2.1 km
- South Amherst — 3.2 km
- West Pelham — 4.1 km
- North Amherst — 4.9 km
- Cushman — 5.3 km
Amherst: clock, sun and surroundings
Amherst works with 11 postal codes.
Standard time in Amherst comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise at Amherst today happens at 7:13 AM, sunset at 5:58 PM. The two are 10 h 44 min apart.
Nearby Mill Valley and East Village need no separate clock from Amherst.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Amherst?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Amherst; its offset is −4.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Amherst?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Amherst.
- The sun sets at 5:58 PM.