Braintree in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2038, -71.0022
- Elevation
- 30 m above sea level
- Population
- 37 297
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 628 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Braintree, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Braintree, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Braintree
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Braintree, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:43 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Braintree right now
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Braintree and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02184
- 02185
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 Braintree
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
- South Braintree — 0.5 km
- East Braintree — 3.3 km
- South Commons — 3.9 km
- Quincy Neck — 4.9 km
- North Commons — 5.0 km
- North Randolph — 5.0 km
Time and daylight in Braintree
In Braintree the sun appears at 7:14 AM and disappears at 5:43 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 29 min.
Braintree, South Braintree and East Braintree all run on one and the same time.
2 postal codes serve Braintree.
The time zone assigned to Braintree is America/New_York, held at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Does Braintree use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Braintree uses America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Braintree move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Braintree: Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Braintree.
- They are 7:14 AM and 5:43 PM.