Worcester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2626, -71.8023
- Population
- 206 518
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 579 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
You can see the current local time of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Worcester, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Worcester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Worcester keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Worcester right now
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Worcester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01601
- 01602
- 01603
- 01604
- 01605
- 01606
- 01607
- 01608
- 01609
- 01610
- 01613
- 01614
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
- Springfield 154 341
- Lowell 110 699
- Cambridge 110 402
- New Bedford 101 079
Other places named Worcester
- Worcester Western Cape, South Africa
- Worcester England, United Kingdom
- Worcester New York, United States
- Worcester Vermont, United States
- Worcester Saskatchewan, Canada
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
- Island — 1.7 km
- South Worcester — 2.3 km
- Bloomingdale — 2.6 km
- Hamilton Worcester — 2.9 km
- Massasoit — 3.1 km
- Quinsigamond Village — 3.7 km
Worcester: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal code count for Worcester is 12.
The time zone used in Worcester is America/New_York, set at UTC−4. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Worcester at 7:02 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:06 PM. That gives the day 11 h 04 min of light.
Island and South Worcester, both nearby, hold the same time as Worcester.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Worcester follow?
- Local time in Worcester follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Worcester?
- Daylight saving time in Worcester: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Worcester?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:06 PM.