Reading in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.5257, -71.0953
- Population
- 24 747
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 643 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Reading, Massachusetts, United States
This page carries the current local time for Reading, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Reading, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Reading
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Reading, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:38 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in Reading right now
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Reading and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01867
- 05062
- 19601
- 19602
- 19603
- 19604
- 19605
- 19606
- 19607
- 19608
- 19609
- 19610
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 Reading
- Reading England, United Kingdom
- Reading Pennsylvania, United States
- Reading Ohio, United States
- Reading Michigan, United States
- Reading Kansas, 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
- Reading Highlands — 1.4 km
- Montrose — 3.6 km
- Stoneham — 5.1 km
- South Wilmington — 5.1 km
- North Woburn — 5.5 km
- Greenwood — 5.6 km
About the time in Reading
Reading is mapped by 12 postal codes.
Reading is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Today the day starts in Reading at 7:07 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:53 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 47 min.
The time in Reading is also the time in nearby Reading Highlands and Montrose.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Reading?
- Reading uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Reading?
- Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Reading?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:07 AM.