Waltham in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3765, -71.2356
- Population
- 63 378
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 624 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Right now in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Waltham, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Waltham
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Waltham.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 5:43 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Waltham right now
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Waltham and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02451
- 02452
- 02453
- 02454
- 55982
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 Waltham
- Waltham England, United Kingdom
- Waltham Canterbury, New Zealand
- Waltham Maine, United States
- Waltham Minnesota, United States
- Waltham Saint Mark Parish, Grenada
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
- Prospectville — 3.1 km
- Nonantum — 3.1 km
- North Village — 3.4 km
- Newtonville — 3.9 km
- Newton — 4.9 km
- East Watertown — 6.1 km
Time and daylight in Waltham
Waltham works with 5 postal codes.
The name of the time zone in Waltham is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Waltham today the sun is out from 7:17 AM until 5:43 PM. That comes to 10 h 26 min of daylight.
Around Waltham, places such as Nonantum and Prospectville use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Waltham?
- America/New_York corresponds to Waltham and has an offset of −4.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Waltham?
- Daylight saving time in Waltham: Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Waltham today?
- Today it rises at 7:17 AM.