What time is it in Wheaton, Maryland?

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

Wheaton sits at 39.05°N, 77.06°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Wheaton.

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

At 77.1°W, Wheaton 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 Wheaton, 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 39.0°N that puts Wheaton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.