Local time · Frederick
What time is it in Frederick, Maryland?
4:49:02AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 89,537
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Frederick
Frederick is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Frederick sits at 39.44°N, 77.41°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Frederick.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Frederick it is highest at 11:53 am today — 7 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.4°W, Frederick sits 10 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 10 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Frederick today
- Sunrise
- 6:51 am
- Sunset
- 4:56 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 5 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 57 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 5 minutes in Frederick, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 34 minutes, from 14 hours 57 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 23 minutes in December.
At 39.4°N that puts Frederick between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.