What time is it in Bethesda, Maryland?

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

Bethesda sits at 38.99°N, 77.12°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bethesda.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bethesda it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.

At 77.1°W, Bethesda 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 Bethesda, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 54 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 26 minutes in December.

At 39.0°N that puts Bethesda between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.