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Time in United States now

20:18:00

Wednesday, October 21, 2026, week 43

United States (incl. dependent territories) has 11 time zones. The time zone for the capital Washington, D.C. is used here.

Time zone info for United States

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as Columbus

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for United States is America/New_York.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from United States

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
London	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+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	+15 hours

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United States on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 9,629,091 km²
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Currency: Dollar (USD)
Calling code: +1
Internet top level domain: .us
Latitude: 39.76. Longitude: -98.50
Population: 327,167,000

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Annual average temperatures
for United States 1895-2021

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