Cambridge in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3751, -71.1056
- Population
- 110 402
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 632 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Right now in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Cambridge, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Cambridge
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Cambridge keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Cambridge right now
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Cambridge and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02138
- 02139
- 02140
- 02141
- 02142
- 02238
- 04923
- 05444
- 12816
- 21613
- 43725
- 50046
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
- New Bedford 101 079
Other places named Cambridge
- Cambridge England, United Kingdom
- Cambridge Ontario, Canada
- Cambridge Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Cambridge Maryland, United States
- Cambridge Ohio, 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
- Old Cambridge — 0.9 km
- Somerville — 1.5 km
- East Somerville — 2.2 km
- East Cambridge — 2.3 km
- North Cambridge — 3.1 km
- North Brighton — 3.3 km
Cambridge: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun rises here at 7:12 AM and sets at 5:46 PM in Cambridge today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 34 min.
Neighbouring places Old Cambridge and Somerville run on Cambridge time.
Cambridge operates with 12 postal codes.
Cambridge operates on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Cambridge uses?
- Cambridge uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Cambridge shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- Sunrise in Cambridge is at what time?
- At 7:12 AM.