Onset in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7418, -70.6578
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 573
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 626 km away
What time is it in Onset, Massachusetts, United States
On this page the local time of Onset, Massachusetts, United States is updated live, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Onset, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Onset
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Onset, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:43 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Onset right now
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Onset and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02558
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
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
- Point Independence — 0.7 km
- East Wareham — 2.2 km
- Onset Station — 2.3 km
- Jefferson Shores — 2.6 km
- Gray Gables — 3.2 km
- Parkwood Beach — 3.5 km
Time and daylight in Onset
The clock in Onset matches the clock in nearby Point Independence and East Wareham.
Onset has 1 postal code in total.
Local clocks in Onset answer to America/New_York, set UTC−4 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Daylight in Onset starts at 7:12 AM and ends at 5:43 PM today. It lasts 10 h 31 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Onset?
- Onset uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Is summer time in effect in Onset at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Onset: Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Onset?
- The hour is 7:12 AM.