Melrose in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4584, -71.0662
- Population
- 27 997
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 640 km away
- Same name
- 69 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
What follows is the current local time in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Melrose, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Melrose
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Melrose keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Melrose right now
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Melrose and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02176
- 12121
- 32666
- 45861
- 52569
- 54642
- 56352
- 59743
- 71452
- 88124
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 Melrose
- Melrose New York, United States
- Melrose Minnesota, United States
- Melrose Scotland, United Kingdom
- Melrose Moka, Mauritius
- Melrose Wellington Region, New Zealand
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
- Fells — 1.9 km
- Greenwood — 2.6 km
- Oakland Vale — 3.2 km
- Faulkner — 3.4 km
- Stoneham — 3.6 km
- Glenwood — 4.4 km
About the time in Melrose
For Melrose today, sunrise is 7:14 AM and sunset is 5:45 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 31 min.
Neighbouring Fells and Greenwood sit in the same time as Melrose.
The postal breakdown of Melrose runs to 10 codes.
The time zone in effect for Melrose is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Melrose?
- The correct time zone for Melrose is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Melrose?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Melrose?
- The sun goes down at 5:45 PM.