Local time · Potomac
What time is it in Potomac, Maryland?
4:50:02AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 47,018
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Potomac
Potomac is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Potomac sits at 39.01°N, 77.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Potomac.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Potomac it is highest at 11:53 am today — 7 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.2°W, Potomac sits 9 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 9 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Potomac today
- Sunrise
- 6:49 am
- Sunset
- 4:56 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 7 minutes in Potomac, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.
At 39.0°N that puts Potomac between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.