What time is it in Bowie, Maryland?

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

Bowie sits at 38.95°N, 76.74°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bowie.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bowie it is highest at 12:58 pm today — 58 minutes after clock noon.

At 76.7°W, Bowie 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 Bowie, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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 39.0°N that puts Bowie between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.