Local time · Westminster
What time is it in Westminster, Maryland?
4:49:56AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 20,662
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Westminster
Westminster is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Westminster sits at 39.58°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 Westminster.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Westminster it is highest at 11:52 am today — 8 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.0°W, Westminster sits 8 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 8 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Westminster today
- Sunrise
- 6:50 am
- Sunset
- 4:54 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 4 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 58 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 4 minutes in Westminster, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 36 minutes, from 14 hours 58 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 22 minutes in December.
At 39.6°N that puts Westminster between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.