WashingtonUnited States
Current time in Washington, United States
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Eastern Daylight TimeUTC-04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockWashington time at a glance
- Country
- United States
- Location
- Capital city of United States
- Time zone
America/New_York- UTC offset now
UTC-04:00- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 at 01:00 GMT-5
Washington time guide
When does Washington change its clocks?
UTC-04:00.- Standard time
- Eastern Standard Time (EST), UTC-05:00
- Daylight time
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/New_York
- Washington and London
- Usually 5 hours behind, briefly 4 hours during differing changeover dates
Federal district and metropolitan area
Washington, DC excludes its suburbs
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 693,645 residents in the District of Columbia on 1 July 2025. The Washington metropolitan area crosses into Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and is much larger than the federal district.
Time-zone identity for Washington
- IANA zone
America/New_York- UTC offset now
- UTC-04:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-4
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Washington is currently 4 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Washington
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Washington
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/New_York, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Washington, capital of United States
Washington is the capital of United States. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of United States
- Administrative area
- District of Columbia, United States
- Population
- 689,545
- Coordinates
- 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W. The elevation is 7 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Washington
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Washington. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Golden TriangleDistrict of Columbia, United States1.3 km northwest
America/New_YorkSame local time - Downtown DCDistrict of Columbia, United States1.4 km east
America/New_YorkSame local time - Dupont CircleDistrict of Columbia, United States1.6 km northwest
America/New_YorkSame local time - Mount Vernon TriangleDistrict of Columbia, United States1.9 km northeast
America/New_YorkSame local time - ShawDistrict of Columbia, United States2.3 km northeast
America/New_YorkSame local time - Foggy BottomDistrict of Columbia, United States2.3 km west
America/New_YorkSame local time
Sources for Washington time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- QuickFacts - District of ColumbiaUnited States Census Bureau · 2025-07-01 estimate · AccessedOfficial district population estimate and 2020 census count.