Bedford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4907, -71.2762
- Elevation
- 42 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 502
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 629 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
The page gives the present local time in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−5).
Bedford, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Bedford
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Bedford keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 4:37 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:07 PM
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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.
The name of the time zone in Bedford is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:22 AM in Bedford and goes down at 4:37 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 15 min.
In South Billerica and North Lexington the clock agrees with Bedford.
Bedford is split into 12 postal code areas.