Current time in Washington, DC
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/New_York
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- DC, United States (capital) · 38.90° N, 77.04° W
- Population
- 689,545
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Washington at about 12:08 standard time: the clock runs about 8 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:52 and 13:19 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:11 | 19:20 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:43 | 20:37 | 14h 54m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:55 | 19:05 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:23 | 16:49 | 9h 26m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:02–18:53 (11 h 52 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Philadelphia · 200 km
- New York City · 330 km
- The Bronx · 350 km
- Toronto, Canada · 570 km
- Detroit · 630 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 730 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Toronto, Canada · 570 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 730 km
- Montréal, Canada · 790 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 1,540 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 1,960 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,020 km