Back Bay in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3501, -71.0870
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Population
- 17 577
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 632 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Back Bay, Massachusetts, United States
This page answers what time it is in Back Bay, Massachusetts, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Back Bay, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Back Bay
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Back Bay, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Back Bay right now
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Back Bay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02199 Boston — 0.4 km away
- 02116 Boston — 0.8 km away
- 02115 Boston — 0.9 km away
- 02215 Boston — 1.3 km away
- 02142 Cambridge — 1.4 km away
- 02108 Boston — 1.7 km away
- 02118 Boston — 1.9 km away
- 02114 Boston — 2.0 km away
- 02111 Boston — 2.0 km away
- 02141 Cambridge — 2.1 km away
- 02120 Roxbury Crossing — 2.2 km away
- 02139 Cambridge — 2.2 km away
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 Back Bay
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
- East Cambridge — 1.9 km
- Roxbury — 2.9 km
- Old Cambridge — 3.9 km
- East Somerville — 4.1 km
- Somerville — 4.3 km
- North Brighton — 4.3 km
About the time in Back Bay
Neighbouring East Cambridge and Roxbury keep the same hours as Back Bay.
Postal designations for Back Bay total 12.
The zone name for Back Bay is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Back Bay at 7:05 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:55 PM. That gives the day 10 h 50 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Back Bay?
- The time zone assigned to Back Bay is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Back Bay?
- Daylight saving time in Back Bay: Yes.
- When does evening light leave Back Bay?
- At 5:55 PM.