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What time is it in Clifton, Massachusetts, United States

This is the current time in Clifton, Massachusetts, United States, shown for the America/New_York time zone (−5).

Clifton, United States

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Clifton

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Clifton, Massachusetts.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:35 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:04 PM

Weather in Clifton right now

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Clifton and its neighbours

South Salem Swampscott North Salem Salem Neck South Peabody Nahant Rial Side Clifton
Clifton at 42.4834, -70.8801 with the nearest towns within 7.5 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Clifton in numbers

Coordinates
42.4834, -70.8801
Elevation
8 m above sea level
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 654 km away
Same name
92 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Massachusetts

Other places named Clifton

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

Clifton: clock, sun and surroundings

Clocks in Clifton follow America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.

Today the sun rises over Clifton at 6:22 AM and sets at 4:35 PM. That is 10 h 13 min of daylight in all.

Nearby, South Salem and Swampscott go by the same clock as Clifton.

Clifton spans 12 postal codes.

Questions and answers

Which time zone applies to Clifton?
The time zone that applies to Clifton is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Does Clifton follow daylight saving time?
No.
What time is first light in Clifton?
The sun rises at 6:22 AM.
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