This page answers what time it is in South Boston, Massachusetts, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
South Boston, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in South Boston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
South Boston keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:09 PM
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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.
If you are looking near South Boston, both Roxbury and Dorchester keep the same time.
The postal system lists 1 codes for South Boston.
The zone name for South Boston is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:18 AM today in South Boston, with the sun setting at 4:39 PM. That leaves 10 h 21 min of light.