What time is it in Essex, Maryland?

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

Essex sits at 39.30°N, 76.44°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Essex.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Essex it is highest at 12:57 pm today — 57 minutes after clock noon.

At 76.4°W, Essex 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 Essex, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 33 minutes, from 14 hours 56 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 24 minutes in December.

At 39.3°N that puts Essex between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.