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What time is it in Leicester, Massachusetts, United States

Local time right now in Leicester, Massachusetts, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).

Leicester, United States

12:51:50 AM

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Leicester

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Leicester keeps America/New_York clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:25 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 5:56 AM – 5:09 PM

Weather in Leicester right now

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Leicester and its neighbours

Leicester at 42.2459, -71.9087 with the nearest towns within 7.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01524
14481
28748

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.

Leicester in numbers

Coordinates: 42.2459, -71.9087
Elevation: 298 m above sea level
Population: 11 064
Region: Massachusetts
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 571 km away
Same name: 7 more places in the world share this name

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 Leicester

Leicester England, United Kingdom
Leicester Vermont, United States
Leicester New York, United States
Leicester Alberta, Canada
Leicester Southern Province, Sierra Leone

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

Cherry Valley — 2.9 km
Jamesville — 4.7 km
Greenville — 4.7 km
Rochdale — 5.7 km
Camp Neyati — 6.1 km
Tatnuck — 6.4 km

Time and daylight in Leicester

Leicester contains 3 postal codes.

Standard time in Leicester comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.

Sunrise happens at 6:25 AM in Leicester today and sunset at 4:39 PM. That marks 10 h 14 min of daylight.

The clock does not change between Leicester, Cherry Valley and Greenville.

Questions and answers

What time zone does local time in Leicester follow?: Local time in Leicester follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Leicester?: Daylight saving in Leicester: No.
At what time is the sun setting in Leicester?: The sun is setting at 4:39 PM.