Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4557, -71.6731
- Elevation
- 94 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 509
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 601 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
What follows is the current local time in Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Lancaster, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lancaster, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:33 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, 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 Lancaster — 1.7 km
- Ebenville — 3.1 km
- Clinton — 4.4 km
- Seventh Day Adventist Village — 4.6 km
- Bolton — 5.9 km
- Fryville — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Lancaster
The sun rises here at 7:02 AM and sets at 6:05 PM in Lancaster today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 03 min.
The time given for Lancaster holds for nearby South Lancaster and Ebenville too.
Sorting mail for Lancaster involves 12 postal codes.
The local zone in Lancaster is America/New_York, standing at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Lancaster?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Lancaster; its offset is −4.
- Does Lancaster use summer time?
- Yes.
- What time does the day end in Lancaster?
- The sun sets at 6:05 PM.