Boston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5410, -78.1317
- Elevation
- 165 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 103 km away
- Same name
- 49 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Boston, Virginia, United States
Get the current local time in Boston, Virginia, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Boston, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Boston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Boston, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:41 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
- Griffinsburg — 3.6 km
- Village At Griffinsburg — 4.2 km
- Fields At Griffinsburg — 4.5 km
- Scrabble — 5.2 km
- Reva — 5.2 km
- Eldorada — 6.6 km
About the time in Boston
Sunrise today is 6:41 AM in Boston, with sunset at 5:13 PM. That works out to 10 h 32 min of light.
Boston shares its time with neighbouring Griffinsburg and Village At Griffinsburg.
12 codes are used to address mail in Boston.
Boston runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Boston be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Boston?
- Daylight saving in Boston: No.
- What time does the sun set in Boston?
- The sun sets in Boston at 5:13 PM.