Current time in Boston, United States
4:44:28 AM
Monday, October 26, 2026
Boston is on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC−4. It observes daylight saving time.
About 654,000 people live in Boston, United States. Scheduled flights use Boston Logan International Airport (BOS, 4 km away) and Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD, 77 km away).
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- UTC offset now
- UTC−4
- Daylight saving time
- In effect now
- Sunrise today
- 7:08 AM
- Sunset today
- 5:47 PM
- Daylight
- 10 h 39 min
- Population
- 653,833
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Dialing code
- +1
- Languages (country)
- English, Spanish
- Next clock change
- Clocks fall back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM local (UTC−4 to UTC−5)
- Airports
- BOS 4 km · PVD 77 km
Cities near Boston
- New York4:44 AM · ±0 h306 km away
- Newark4:44 AM · ±0 h316 km away
- Montreal4:44 AM · ±0 h405 km away
- Philadelphia4:44 AM · ±0 h435 km away
- Washington, D.C.4:44 AM · ±0 h634 km away
- Halifax5:44 AM · +1 h654 km away
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