Anacostia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8665, -76.9839
- Elevation
- 13 m above sea level
- Population
- 11 789
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 6 km away
What time is it in Anacostia, District of Columbia, United States
This page reports the local time in Anacostia, District of Columbia, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Anacostia, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Anacostia
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Anacostia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Anacostia right now
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Anacostia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20020 Washington — 1.1 km away
- 20003 Washington — 1.9 km away
- 20319 Washington — 2.8 km away
- 20541 Washington — 2.9 km away
- 20540 Washington — 2.9 km away
- 20557 Washington — 2.9 km away
- 20559 Washington — 2.9 km away
- 20024 Washington — 3.0 km away
- 20460 Washington — 3.2 km away
- 20594 Washington — 3.6 km away
- 20216 Washington — 3.8 km away
- 20032 Washington — 3.9 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in District of Columbia
- Washington 689 545
- Downtown DC 52 560
- Columbia Heights 38 000
- Mount Pleasant 35 842
- Central 14th Street / Spring Road 25 899
- Northwest One 23 386
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Fairlawn — 0.7 km
- Buena Vista — 1.1 km
- Woodland — 1.3 km
- Barry Farms — 1.3 km
- Randle Highlands — 1.6 km
- Southeast — 1.7 km
Anacostia: clock, sun and surroundings
The clock does not change between Anacostia, Fairlawn and Buena Vista.
There are 12 postal codes assigned to Anacostia.
Anacostia keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Sunrise reaches Anacostia at 6:40 AM, and the sun sets at 5:05 PM. Light lasts 10 h 24 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Anacostia?
- The correct time zone for Anacostia is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks change in Anacostia during the year?
- Daylight saving in Anacostia: No.
- When is the sun down in Anacostia?
- The sun goes down at 5:05 PM.