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Time in Washington, United States now

06:40:54AM

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

International Jazz Day

Sun: ↑ 05:44AM ↓ 08:14PM (14h 31m) - More info - Make Washington time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Washington

UTC -7

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST)
The time in Washington is normally 3 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Washington can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Washington is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Washington

Los Angeles	0
Chicago	+2 hours
New York	+3 hours
Toronto	+3 hours
São Paulo	+4 hours
UTC	+7 hours
Lagos	+8 hours
London	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+9 hours
Paris	+9 hours
Zurich	+9 hours
Cairo	+10 hours
Istanbul	+10 hours
Moscow	+10 hours
Dubai	+11 hours
Mumbai	+12.5 hours
Hong Kong	+15 hours
Shanghai	+15 hours
Singapore	+15 hours
Tokyo	+16 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Washington

Sunrise: 05:44AM
Sunset: 08:14PM
Day length: 14h 31m
Solar noon: 12:59PM
The current local time in Washington is 59 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Washington on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 47.50. Longitude: -120.50
Population: 6,272,000
Elevation: 560 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Washington 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.