Time in Boston, United States of America | Boston Now
Friday, 6 November 2026
EST (UTC-05:00)
Time zone information for Boston
UTC -5
Eastern Time (ET) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
▪Time in Boston is 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Boston is
America/New_York.November1Sunday2026
Latest change: Standard time began
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
- ▪The time was set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
March14Sunday2027
Next change: Daylight saving time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
- ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Boston
- ▪Sunrise: 06:23
- ▪Sunset: 16:31
- ▪Day length: 10h 7m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:27
- ▪Current time in Boston is currently 33 minutes behind solar time.
Boston on map
- ▪Location: Massachusetts, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,36. Longitude: -71,06
- ▪Population: 653,833
- ▪Elevation: 14 m
Time difference
from Boston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:23
Solar noon 11:27Sunset 16:31
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/New_York- Abbreviation
- EST
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 14 Mar 2027in 127 days, 4 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794018110
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:23
- Sunset
- 16:31
- Solar noon
- 11:27
- Day length
- 10h 07m
- Night length
- 13h 52m
- Civil twilight
- 05:54 – 17:00
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.358°, -71.060°
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Population
- 653,833
Nearby places
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