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Time in Washington, D.C. now

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. time zone info

UTC −4

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

now 1 hours ahead of Chicago

  • Washington, D.C. is currently observing daylight saving time.
  • The IANA time zone identifier for Washington, D.C. is America/New_York.

Washington, D.C.'s sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time

  • Sunrise: 8:25 PM
  • Sunset: 9:18 AM
  • Day length: 12h 53m
  • Culmination: 2:52 AM
  • Currently Washington, D.C. time is 548 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Time difference

Compared with Washington, D.C.

UTC
+4 hours
Los Angeles
−3 hours
Chicago
−1 hours
New York
Same time
Toronto
Same time
São Paulo
+1 hours
London
+5 hours
Lagos
+5 hours
Paris
+6 hours
Zurich
+6 hours
Johannesburg
+6 hours
Cairo
+7 hours
Istanbul
+7 hours
Moscow
+7 hours
Dubai
+8 hours
Mumbai
+9.5 hours
Hong Kong
+12 hours
Shanghai
+12 hours
Singapore
+12 hours
Tokyo
+13 hours
Sydney
+14 hours

Washington, D.C. on the map

  • Washington, D.C. is the capital of United States.
  • Latitude: 38.91. Longitude: -77.04.
  • Population: 689,545
  • United States: Population: 335,000,000
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