Time in Boston now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Boston time zone info
UTC −4
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
now 1 hours ahead of Chicago
- Boston is currently observing daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Boston is America/New_York.
Boston's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 8:46 PM
- Sunset: 9:45 AM
- Day length: 12h 59m
- Culmination: 3:16 AM
- Currently Boston time is 524 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Boston
UTC
+4 hours
Boston on the map
- Boston is in United States.
- Latitude: 42.36. Longitude: -71.06.
- Population: 675,647
- United States: Population: 335,000,000
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