Brightwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9612, -77.0275
- Population
- 17 624
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 7 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brightwood, District of Columbia, United States
Current local time for Brightwood, District of Columbia, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Brightwood, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Brightwood
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Brightwood, District of Columbia.
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 6:52 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Brightwood right now
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Brightwood and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 22715
- 97011
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
Other places named Brightwood
- Brightwood Virginia, United States
- Brightwood Nova Scotia, Canada
- Brightwood Massachusetts, United States
- Brightwood Maryland, United States
- Brightwood Maryland, United States
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
- Petworth — 1.7 km
- Lamond Riggs — 1.8 km
- Hampshire Knolls — 2.0 km
- Chillum Station — 2.1 km
- Crestwood — 2.4 km
- Terra Cotta — 2.7 km
Local time details for Brightwood
Postal codes assigned across Brightwood total 2.
Brightwood belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−4. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
Today at Brightwood, the sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 6:31 PM. That gives 11 h 13 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Petworth and Lamond Riggs keep the same hours as Brightwood.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Brightwood based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Brightwood is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Brightwood?
- Daylight saving in Brightwood: Yes.
- When does daylight end in Brightwood?
- Daylight ends at 6:31 PM.