Germantown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2626, -71.1542
- Elevation
- 43 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 622 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Germantown, Massachusetts, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Germantown, Massachusetts, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Germantown, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Germantown
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Germantown.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:06 PM
Weather in Germantown right now
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Germantown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12526
- 20874
- 20875
- 20876
- 38138
- 38139
- 38183
- 41044
- 45327
- 53022
- 62245
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 Germantown
- Germantown Maryland, United States
- Germantown Tennessee, United States
- Germantown Wisconsin, United States
- Germantown Pennsylvania, United States
- Germantown Ohio, 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
- East Dedham — 1.4 km
- Readville — 2.8 km
- Endicott — 3.4 km
- Fairmount — 3.5 km
- Readville Manor — 3.8 km
- Roslindale — 4.0 km
Local time details for Germantown
Germantown keeps the same time as its neighbours East Dedham and Readville.
11 postal codes are in use across Germantown.
Clocks in Germantown take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:22 AM today in Germantown, with the sun setting at 4:36 PM. That leaves 10 h 14 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Germantown?
- Germantown is in America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Germantown run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Germantown: No.
- What time does the day start in Germantown?
- The sun rises at 6:22 AM.