Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6306, -71.3370
- Elevation
- 56 m above sea level
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 635 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Highlands, Massachusetts, United States
Watch the current local time in Highlands, Massachusetts, United States, running on 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
Local time in Highlands, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:24 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:06 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
- Princeton Village — 1.5 km
- Lowell — 1.7 km
- Ayres City — 2.1 km
- Bleachery — 2.7 km
- Pawtucketville — 3.1 km
- North Chelmsford — 3.9 km
About the time in Highlands
Highlands operates on America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Today's times for Highlands: the sun is up at 6:24 AM and down at 4:36 PM. That means 10 h 12 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Highlands apply equally in Princeton Village and Lowell.
Mail delivery in Highlands relies on 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Does Highlands use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Highlands uses America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Highlands include a clock change?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Highlands?
- 4:36 PM.