Current time in Washington, D.C., United States
4:46:08 AM
Monday, October 26, 2026
Washington, D.C. is on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC−4. It observes daylight saving time.
About 690,000 people live in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Scheduled flights use Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, 5 km away), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD, 37 km away), and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI, 45 km away).
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- UTC offset now
- UTC−4
- Daylight saving time
- In effect now
- Sunrise today
- 7:27 AM
- Sunset today
- 6:16 PM
- Daylight
- 10 h 49 min
- Population
- 689,545
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Dialing code
- +1
- Languages (country)
- English, Spanish
- Next clock change
- Clocks fall back 1 hour on Sun, Nov 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM local (UTC−4 to UTC−5)
- Airports
- DCA 5 km · IAD 37 km · BWI 45 km
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