Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7815, -71.0762
- Elevation
- 42 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 662 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Highlands, Massachusetts, United States
This page carries the current local time for Highlands, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Highlands, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Highlands
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Highlands.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:23 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:35 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:04 PM
Weather in Highlands right now
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Highlands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07732
- 28741
- 77562
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 Highlands
- Highlands Texas, United States
- Highlands New Jersey, United States
- Highlands British Columbia, Canada
- Highlands Alberta, Canada
- Highlands North Carolina, 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
- Bradford — 1.3 km
- Highlandville — 1.5 km
- Riverside — 2.9 km
- Rosemont — 3.8 km
- Groveland — 4.3 km
- South Groveland — 5.2 km
Local time details for Highlands
The clock in Highlands matches the clock in nearby Bradford and Highlandville.
Records show 3 postal codes for Highlands.
The time zone here in Highlands is America/New_York, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Daylight arrives in Highlands at 6:23 AM and departs at 4:35 PM. It lasts 10 h 12 min today.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Highlands follow?
- Highlands follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Highlands go back at any point?
- No.
- What time will the sun rise in Highlands today?
- Today it rises at 6:23 AM.