Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Massachusetts
• Level 2: Suffolk County
• Level 3: City of Boston

Current local time in Boston:

11:09 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Boston on map:^[1]

Boston GPS coordinates^[2]

42° 21' 30.348" North, 71° 3' 35.172" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.87585°,	-71.7629°
Center:	42.35843°,	-71.05977°
Lower-right:	41.83671°,	-70.35665°
Map W x H:	115.5×115.5 km	= 71.8×71.8mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑21.4% North
Boston:	42.35843°
min Lat:	⇓78.6% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Boston	max Long
-171.73463°	-71.05977°	-66.98998°
W 97.5%⇐		⇒2.5% E

Elevation

Elevation of Boston is 38 m = 125 ft, and this is 256.8 m = 843 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	82.1%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Boston	38 m = 125 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	17.9%

See also: Boston elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Boston is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2103.9 km =1307.3 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Boston
North Pole	5297.2	3291.5	to North
Arctic Circle	2691.4	1672.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	2103.9	1307.3	to South
Equator	4709.8	2926.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Boston: (largest is in red/bold)

• Arlington 10.2 km =6.3 mi, 308°
• Belmont 10.6 km =6.6 mi, 293°
• Brookline 5.9 km =3.7 mi, 239°
• Cambridge 4.2 km =2.6 mi, 296°
• Chelsea 4.3 km =2.7 mi, 30°
• Everett 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 5°
• Jamaica Plain 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 222°
• Malden 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 355°
• Medford 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 330°
• Melrose 11.1 km =6.9 mi, 357°
• Revere 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 35°
• Somerville 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 314°
• South Boston 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 163°
• Watertown 10.2 km =6.3 mi, 277°
• Winthrop 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 73°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Бостон
• In Chinese: 波士顿