§ 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 · UTC11h 05m of light
Sunrise
10:56 UTC
Solar noon
16:29 UTC
Sunset
22:02 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
- 06:56
- Solar noon
- 12:29
- Sunset
- 18:02
- Day length
- 11h 05m
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 · liveNight
+11°C
Cloudy
Feels like
9°
Wind
11 km/h SSE
Humidity
80%
Pressure
1,016 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 23 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 Daylight Time (EDT)
- UTC offset
- UTC−04:00
- 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−13 h
Dubai−8 h
Singapore−12 h
Sydney−15 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 Daylight Time zone (EDT), currently UTC−04:00.
- 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−04:00 (EDT).
- What is the time difference between Boston and London?
- Boston is 5 hours behind London right now.
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