New Bedford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6353, -70.9270
- Population
- 101 079
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 601 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Get the current local time in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
New Bedford, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in New Bedford
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
New Bedford keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:40 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:48 AM – 5:09 PM
Weather in New Bedford right now
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New Bedford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02740
- 02741
- 02742
- 02744
- 02745
- 02746
- 16140
- 61346
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 New Bedford
- New Bedford Pennsylvania, United States
- New Bedford Illinois, United States
- New Bedford New Jersey, United States
- New Bedford Ohio, 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
- Fairhaven — 2.0 km
- Oxford — 2.8 km
- North Fairhaven — 3.0 km
- Rockdale — 3.3 km
- North Dartmouth — 3.6 km
- Pope Beach — 4.0 km
New Bedford: clock, sun and surroundings
New Bedford operates with 8 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for New Bedford is America/New_York, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise reaches New Bedford at 6:17 AM, and the sun sets at 4:40 PM. Light lasts 10 h 24 min.
Neighbouring Fairhaven and Oxford sit in the same time as New Bedford.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for New Bedford?
- New Bedford is in America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in New Bedford?
- Daylight saving in New Bedford: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in New Bedford?
- Sunrise there is at 6:17 AM.