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What time is it in South Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

See the local time in South Amherst, Massachusetts, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−5).

South Amherst, United States

4:00:35 PM

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in South Amherst

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in South Amherst, Massachusetts.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:11 PM

Weather in South Amherst right now

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South Amherst and its neighbours

South Amherst at 42.3404, -72.5051 with the nearest towns within 8.4 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01002 Amherst — 4.5 km away
01004 Amherst — 4.9 km away
01035 Hadley — 5.9 km away
01003 Amherst — 6.0 km away
01059 North Amherst — 8.1 km away
01033 Granby — 9.5 km away
01038 Hatfield — 10.4 km away
01007 Belchertown — 10.6 km away
01066 North Hatfield — 12.4 km away
01075 South Hadley — 13.0 km away
01375 Sunderland — 13.6 km away

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.

South Amherst in numbers

Coordinates: 42.3404, -72.5051
Elevation: 70 m above sea level
Population: 4 994
Region: Massachusetts
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 541 km away
Same name: 1 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 South Amherst

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Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

Mill Valley — 2.1 km
Amherst — 3.2 km
East Village — 4.1 km
East Hadley — 4.7 km
Dwight — 4.8 km
Hadley — 6.8 km

South Amherst: clock, sun and surroundings

The postal breakdown of South Amherst runs to 11 codes.

The time zone assigned to South Amherst is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.

For South Amherst today, sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset is 4:41 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 13 min.

The same local time applies in South Amherst, Mill Valley and Amherst.

Questions and answers

How is the time zone for South Amherst labeled?: The time zone for South Amherst is labeled America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Is there a seasonal clock change in South Amherst?: No.
What is the sunrise time for South Amherst?: 6:28 AM.