Boston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6093, -75.8427
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Population
- 504
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 177 km away
- Same name
- 49 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Boston, Virginia, United States
This page carries the current local time for Boston, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Boston, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Boston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Boston.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:34 PM
Weather in Boston right now
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Boston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02108
- 02109
- 02110
- 02111
- 02112
- 02113
- 02114
- 02115
- 02116
- 02117
- 02118
- 02123
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Boston
- Boston Massachusetts, United States
- Boston England, United Kingdom
- Boston New York, United States
- Boston Davao Region, Philippines
- Boston 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
- Pennyville — 1.3 km
- Nandua — 1.8 km
- Cedar View — 3.0 km
- Middlesex — 3.4 km
- Pungoteague — 3.5 km
- Craddockville — 3.8 km
Boston: clock, sun and surroundings
The local zone in Boston is America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Boston sees the sun rise at 6:29 AM and set at 5:07 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 37 min.
Whatever the hour in Boston, it is the same in Pennyville and Nandua.
Boston has 12 postal codes in total.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Boston based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Boston is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Boston observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Boston?
- The sun comes up at 6:29 AM.