Townsend in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6668, -71.7051
- Elevation
- 95 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 128
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 614 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Townsend, Massachusetts, United States
Watch the current local time in Townsend, Massachusetts, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Townsend, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Townsend
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Townsend, Massachusetts.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:28 PM Daylight 9 h 51 min Night 14 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 4:58 PM
Weather in Townsend right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Townsend and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01469
- 19734
- 23443
- 31331
- 37882
- 54175
- 59644
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 Townsend
- Townsend England, United Kingdom
- Townsend Delaware, United States
- Townsend Montana, United States
- Townsend New South Wales, Australia
- Townsend Tennessee, 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
- West Townsend — 3.1 km
- South Row — 3.7 km
- Old City — 3.8 km
- South Brookline — 6.5 km
- Burkinshaws Factory — 7.6 km
- Goodrichville — 7.7 km
Townsend: clock, sun and surroundings
Every address in Townsend sits within one of 7 postal codes.
The zone in force in Townsend is America/New_York, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: No.
In Townsend the sun appears at 6:37 AM and disappears at 4:28 PM today. Daylight stretches 9 h 51 min.
Whatever the hour in Townsend, it is the same in West Townsend and South Row.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Townsend?
- Yes, Townsend uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Does the local schedule in Townsend include a clock change?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Townsend — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:37 AM, sunset at 4:28 PM.