Benning Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8818, -76.9361
- Elevation
- 55 m above sea level
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 9 km away
What time is it in Benning Heights, District of Columbia, United States
Watch the current local time in Benning Heights, District of Columbia, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Benning Heights, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Benning Heights
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Benning Heights keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Benning Heights right now
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Benning Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20019 Washington — 0.9 km away
- 20731 Capitol Heights — 1.8 km away
- 20752 Suitland — 3.8 km away
- 20743 Capitol Heights — 3.9 km away
- 20020 Washington — 4.1 km away
- 20746 Suitland — 4.5 km away
- 20003 Washington — 4.6 km away
- 20747 District Heights — 5.1 km away
- 20002 Washington — 5.2 km away
- 20540 Washington — 6.0 km away
- 20541 Washington — 6.0 km away
- 20557 Washington — 6.0 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
- Fort Dupont — 1.0 km
- Central Northeast — 1.6 km
- Greenway — 1.7 km
- Benning — 1.8 km
- Fort Davis — 1.9 km
- Deanwood — 1.9 km
About the time in Benning Heights
Standard time in Benning Heights comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Benning Heights sees first light at 7:18 AM today and the sun sets at 6:31 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 13 min.
Benning Heights keeps the same time as its neighbours Fort Dupont and Central Northeast.
12 postal codes serve Benning Heights.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Benning Heights based on?
- The clock in Benning Heights is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Benning Heights?
- Daylight saving time in Benning Heights: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Benning Heights?
- It appears at 7:18 AM.