Wakefield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.5065, -71.0728
- Population
- 24 932
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 643 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
Learn the current time in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Wakefield, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Wakefield
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Wakefield.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Wakefield right now
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Wakefield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01880
- 02879
- 02880
- 23888
- 45687
- 49968
- 67487
- 68784
- 70784
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 Wakefield
- Wakefield England, United Kingdom
- Wakefield New York, United States
- Wakefield New Hampshire, United States
- Wakefield Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
- Wakefield Tasman District, New Zealand
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
- Montrose — 1.9 km
- Reading — 2.8 km
- Greenwood — 2.9 km
- Stoneham — 3.7 km
- Reading Highlands — 3.8 km
- North Saugus — 4.5 km
About the time in Wakefield
Wakefield is served by a set of 9 postal codes.
Wakefield follows America/New_York, giving it a UTC−4 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
At Wakefield the sun clears the horizon at 7:13 AM and sinks again at 5:46 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 33 min.
The hours shown for Wakefield apply equally in Montrose and Reading.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Wakefield?
- The time zone name used for Wakefield is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Wakefield shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Wakefield: Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Wakefield?
- Local sunset is 5:46 PM.