Downtown Boston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3545, -71.0578
- Elevation
- 7 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 634 km away
What time is it in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Read off the current local time in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Downtown Boston, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Downtown Boston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:05 PM
Weather in Downtown Boston right now
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Downtown Boston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02117 Boston — 0.4 km away
- 02212 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02112 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02133 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02196 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02201 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02211 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02297 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02293 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02266 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02241 Boston — 0.5 km away
- 02205 Boston — 0.6 km away
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
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
- East Cambridge — 2.3 km
- East Boston — 2.8 km
- East Somerville — 4.2 km
- Roxbury — 4.5 km
- Somerville — 5.0 km
- Old Cambridge — 5.5 km
Local time details for Downtown Boston
Records show 12 postal codes for Downtown Boston.
Local clocks in Downtown Boston answer to America/New_York, set UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
For Downtown Boston today, sunrise is 6:22 AM and sunset is 4:36 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 13 min.
Downtown Boston, East Cambridge and East Boston all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Downtown Boston?
- In Downtown Boston, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Downtown Boston?
- No.
- When does morning light reach Downtown Boston?
- At 6:22 AM.