Dawson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3398, -71.8509
- Elevation
- 237 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 581 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dawson, Massachusetts, United States
The reading below is the local time in Dawson, Massachusetts, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−4).
Dawson, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dawson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dawson.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Dawson right now
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Dawson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15428
- 35963
- 39842
- 50066
- 56232
- 58428
- 62520
- 68337
- 76639
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 Dawson
- Dawson Georgia, United States
- Dawson Minnesota, United States
- Dawson Texas, United States
- Dawson Illinois, United States
- Dawson Pennsylvania, 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
- Chaffinville — 1.5 km
- Holden — 1.7 km
- Lovellville — 3.5 km
- Jefferson — 3.6 km
- North Worcester — 3.7 km
- Quinapoxet — 4.2 km
About the time in Dawson
The hours shown for Dawson apply equally in Chaffinville and Holden.
Dawson takes in 9 postal codes.
The zone applied in Dawson is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Dawson sees the sun rise at 7:03 AM and set at 6:04 PM today. Daylight runs for 11 h 01 min.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Dawson follow?
- Dawson follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time reach Dawson?
- Daylight saving time in Dawson: Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Dawson — what times?
- 7:03 AM and 6:04 PM.