Essex in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6320, -70.7828
- Elevation
- 7 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 471
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 671 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essex, Massachusetts, United States
What follows is the current local time in Essex, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Essex, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Essex
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Essex, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 20 min Night 13 h 40 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:07 PM
Weather in Essex right now
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Essex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01929
- 05451
- 06426
- 12936
- 21221
- 51638
- 59916
- 60935
- 63846
- 92332
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 Essex
- Essex Maryland, United States
- Essex Ontario, Canada
- Essex Iowa, United States
- Essex Illinois, United States
- Essex Missouri, 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
- South Essex — 1.2 km
- Hamilton — 5.0 km
- Manchester-By-The-Sea — 6.1 km
- West Gloucester — 6.3 km
- Wenham Neck — 6.7 km
- Essex County — 7.0 km
Essex: clock, sun and surroundings
Essex is served by a set of 10 postal codes.
For Essex the applicable zone is America/New_York, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's times for Essex: the sun is up at 6:18 AM and down at 4:38 PM. That means 10 h 20 min of daylight.
Check Essex and you have also checked South Essex and Hamilton.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Essex?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Essex; its offset is −5.
- Do people in Essex set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Essex: No.
- When does light arrive in Essex?
- Light arrives at 6:18 AM.