Brighton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3501, -71.1564
- Population
- 45 977
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 627 km away
- Same name
- 58 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
Right now in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Brighton, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Brighton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Brighton, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Brighton right now
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Brighton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02135
- 38011
- 48114
- 48116
- 52540
- 62012
- 65617
- 80601
- 80602
- 80603
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 Brighton
- Brighton England, United Kingdom
- Brighton Colorado, United States
- Brighton New York, United States
- Brighton Victoria, Australia
- Brighton Queensland, Australia
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
- Faneuil — 0.8 km
- North Brighton — 1.7 km
- East Watertown — 2.2 km
- North Village — 3.8 km
- Newtonville — 3.9 km
- Nonantum — 4.0 km
Time and daylight in Brighton
Brighton gets its sunrise at 7:14 AM and its sunset at 5:45 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 31 min.
Faneuil and North Brighton lie near Brighton and keep identical time.
A total of 10 postal codes belong to Brighton.
Brighton works to America/New_York time, set at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Brighton uses?
- Brighton uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Brighton switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Brighton: Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Brighton?
- Expect it at 5:45 PM.