Boston
USA · Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Boston has an area of 48.4 square miles (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area had a population of 5 million in 2025, making it the largest metropolis in New England and the eleventh-largest in the United States.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC-4 · 2 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Main language
- English
- On the map
- 42.36° N, 71.06° W
Near Boston
- Cambridge · 4 km away
- Salem · 23 km away
- Gloucester · 44 km away
- Plymouth · 55 km away
- Providence · 66 km away
- Manchester · 78 km away
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Where to stay
The Verb Hotel
10/10 · 4281 reviews
The Whitney Hotel Boston
10/10 · 1510 reviews
The Dagny Boston
9.8/10 · 3517 reviews
Encore Boston Harbor
9.6/10 · 505 reviews
Seaport Hotel® Boston
9.4/10 · 3893 reviews
Studio Allston Hotel Boston
9.4/10 · 3463 reviews
Hampton by Hilton at the Boston Seaport District
9.4/10 · 3447 reviews
Hotel Commonwealth
9.4/10 · 2144 reviews
Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston Seaport District
9.4/10 · 1793 reviews
Courtyard Boston Downtown/North Station
9.4/10 · 1014 reviews