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What time is it in Princeton, Massachusetts, United States

This page shows what the clocks read right now in Princeton, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).

Princeton, United States

3:30:43 PM

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Princeton

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Princeton keeps America/New_York clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 6:34 PM

Weather in Princeton right now

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Princeton and its neighbours

Princeton at 42.4487, -71.8773 with the nearest towns within 9.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01541
04668
08540
08541
08542
08543
08544
24739
24740
27569
35766
42445

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.

Princeton in numbers

Coordinates: 42.4487, -71.8773
Elevation: 346 m above sea level
Population: 3 412
Region: Massachusetts
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 588 km away
Same name: 31 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 Princeton

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Princeton New Jersey, United States
Princeton Texas, United States
Princeton Indiana, United States
Princeton Illinois, 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

Princeton Station — 3.9 km
East Princeton — 4.1 km
Brooks — 4.2 km
Ruralville — 6.5 km
Muschopauge — 6.7 km
Quinapoxet — 8.2 km

Local time details for Princeton

Princeton is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −4. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.

At Princeton the sun clears the horizon at 7:02 AM and sinks again at 6:06 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 03 min.

Princeton keeps the same time as its neighbours Princeton Station and East Princeton.

Princeton spans 12 postal codes.

Questions and answers

What time zone is used by Princeton?: Princeton uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
Is the local clock in Princeton affected by daylight saving time?: Yes.
Is there a set time for sunset in Princeton?: Today the sun sets at 6:06 PM.