What time is it in Washington, District of Columbia?

Washington is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Washington sits at 38.90°N, 77.02°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Washington.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Washington it is highest at 12:59 pm today — 59 minutes after clock noon.

At 77.0°W, Washington sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Washington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 28 minutes, from 14 hours 54 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 26 minutes in December.

At 38.9°N that puts Washington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.