Time in South Boston, United States of America | South Boston Now
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Time zone information for South Boston
UTC -4
Eastern Time (ET) , currently 11 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
▪Time in South 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 South Boston is
America/New_York.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for South Boston
- ▪Sunrise: 07:04
- ▪Sunset: 17:52
- ▪Day length: 10h 48m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:28
- ▪Current time in South Boston is currently 28 minutes ahead of solar time.
South Boston on map
- ▪Location: Massachusetts, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,33. Longitude: -71,05
- ▪Population: 571,281
- ▪Elevation: 14 m
Time difference
from South Boston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:04
Solar noon 12:28Sunset 17:52
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/New_York- Abbreviation
- EDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 10 days, 5 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792628374
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:04
- Sunset
- 17:52
- Solar noon
- 12:28
- Day length
- 10h 48m
- Night length
- 13h 11m
- Civil twilight
- 06:35 – 18:21
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Massachusetts
- Coordinates
- 42.333°, -71.049°
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Population
- 571,281
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