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

The current hour and minute in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States are shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).

South Lancaster, United States

10:25:11 AM

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in South Lancaster

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:33 AM – 6:33 PM

Weather in South Lancaster right now

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South Lancaster and its neighbours

South Lancaster at 42.4445, -71.6870 with the nearest towns within 8.1 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01561

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 Lancaster in numbers

Coordinates: 42.4445, -71.6870
Elevation: 87 m above sea level
Population: 1 894
Region: Massachusetts
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 599 km away
Same name: 3 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 Lancaster

South Lancaster Ontario, Canada
South Lancaster New Hampshire, United States
South Lancaster Wisconsin, United States

Same time zone — America/New_York

New York City United States
Brooklyn United States
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Manhattan United States
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Nearby places

Ebenville — 1.5 km
Lancaster — 1.7 km
Clinton — 3.1 km
Seventh Day Adventist Village — 4.4 km
Boylston — 6.0 km
Sterling — 6.1 km

South Lancaster: clock, sun and surroundings

There is 1 postal code zones in South Lancaster.

The clock standard in South Lancaster is America/New_York, offset by UTC−4. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.

In South Lancaster today the sun is out from 7:02 AM until 6:05 PM. That comes to 11 h 03 min of daylight.

Nothing changes on the clock between South Lancaster and neighbouring Ebenville or Lancaster.

Questions and answers

What time zone governs the clock in South Lancaster?: The clock in South Lancaster follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Does South Lancaster switch between standard time and daylight saving time?: Daylight saving time in South Lancaster: Yes.
Please give the sunrise time for South Lancaster.: The sun rises at 7:02 AM.