What time is it in Fort Washington, Maryland?

Fort 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.

Fort Washington sits at 38.73°N, 77.01°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fort Washington.

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

At 77.0°W, Fort 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 Fort Washington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 26 minutes, from 14 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 27 minutes in December.

At 38.7°N that puts Fort Washington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.