Local time · Washington
What time is it in Washington, District of Columbia?
4:51:44AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 702,250
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Washington
Washington is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Washington it is highest at 11:52 am today — 8 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.0°W, Washington sits 8 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 8 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Washington today
- Sunrise
- 6:48 am
- Sunset
- 4:55 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 54 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 7 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.