Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4376, -71.7606
- Elevation
- 153 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 384
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 594 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Sterling, Massachusetts, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Sterling, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sterling
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sterling.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 4:29 PM Daylight 9 h 52 min Night 14 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 4:59 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Alaska, United States
- Sterling Georgia, 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
- Ebenville — 4.8 km
- South Lancaster — 6.1 km
- Clinton — 6.8 km
- Boylston — 6.9 km
- Lancaster — 7.5 km
- East Princeton — 7.5 km
Local time details for Sterling
The sun comes up over Sterling at 6:37 AM today and drops below the horizon at 4:29 PM. That is 9 h 52 min between the two.
Nothing changes on the clock between Sterling and neighbouring Ebenville or South Lancaster.
12 postal codes serve Sterling.
Clocks in Sterling are set by America/New_York and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Where does Sterling fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Sterling falls within America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Sterling run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Sterling: No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Sterling?
- Today the sun sets at 4:29 PM.