Essex County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6389, -70.8679
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 665 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
The exact time in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Essex County, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Essex County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Essex County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:21 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 5:51 AM – 5:05 PM
Weather in Essex County right now
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Essex County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01971 Salem — 1.0 km away
- 01936 Hamilton — 1.0 km away
- 01961 Peabody — 1.0 km away
- 01982 South Hamilton — 2.5 km away
- 01984 Wenham — 4.2 km away
- 01938 Ipswich — 4.9 km away
- 01983 Topsfield — 6.6 km away
- 01929 Essex — 7.1 km away
- 01915 Beverly — 8.7 km away
- 01969 Rowley — 8.9 km away
- 01965 Prides Crossing — 9.6 km away
- 01923 Danvers — 9.8 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
Other places named Essex County
- Essex County Ontario, Canada
- Essex County New Jersey, United States
- Essex County New York, United States
- Essex County Virginia, United States
- Essex County Vermont, 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
- Hamilton — 2.1 km
- South Hamilton — 3.7 km
- Ipswich — 5.0 km
- Pinefield — 6.2 km
- North Beverly — 6.7 km
- Linebrook — 6.8 km
Essex County: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise happens at 6:21 AM in Essex County today and sunset at 4:36 PM. That marks 10 h 15 min of daylight.
Essex County and nearby Hamilton and South Hamilton are never an hour apart.
12 postal codes are current for Essex County.
The zone applied in Essex County is America/New_York with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Essex County labeled?
- The time zone for Essex County is labeled America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Essex County?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Essex County?
- Daylight begins at 6:21 AM.