§ 01US · North America
Boston
United States
Boston holds US Eastern Time, UTC−5 in winter and UTC−4 in summer. A center for finance, biotech and higher education, it keeps the same clock as New York and opens its working day in step with Wall Street.
Boston · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC10h 12m of light
Sunrise
11:21 UTC
Solar noon
16:27 UTC
Sunset
21:34 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into America/New_York.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:21
- Solar noon
- 11:27
- Sunset
- 16:34
- Day length
- 10h 12m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveDaylight
+19°C
Partly cloudy
Feels like
18°
Wind
15 km/h SW
Humidity
80%
Pressure
1,014 mb
UV index · 1Visibility · 22 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Eastern Standard Time (EST)
- UTC offset
- UTC−05:00
- IANA identifier
- America/New_York
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London−5 h
New Yorksame
Tokyo−14 h
Dubai−9 h
Singapore−13 h
Sydney−16 h
Hours are Boston's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Boston in?
- Boston is in the Eastern Standard Time zone (EST), currently UTC−05:00.
- Does Boston observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
- What is Boston's UTC offset right now?
- Boston is currently UTC−05:00 (EST).
- What is the time difference between Boston and London?
- Boston is 5 hours behind London right now.
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