What time is it in Laurel, Maryland?

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

Laurel sits at 39.10°N, 76.86°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Laurel.

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

At 76.9°W, Laurel 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 Laurel, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.

At 39.1°N that puts Laurel between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.