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What time is it in Capitol Hill, District of Columbia, United States

The present local time in Capitol Hill, District of Columbia, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).

Capitol Hill, United States

12:19:20 PM

Thursday, 15 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Capitol Hill

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill right now

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Capitol Hill and its neighbours

Capitol Hill at 38.8890, -77.0003 with the nearest towns within 2.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

20559 Washington — 0.4 km away
20541 Washington — 0.4 km away
20540 Washington — 0.4 km away
20557 Washington — 0.4 km away
20003 Washington — 1.2 km away
20534 Washington — 1.2 km away
20216 Washington — 1.2 km away
20208 Washington — 1.3 km away
20206 Washington — 1.3 km away
20070 Washington — 1.3 km away
20221 Washington — 1.3 km away
20223 Washington — 1.3 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.

Capitol Hill in numbers

Coordinates: 38.8890, -77.0003
Elevation: 27 m above sea level
Population: 15 056
Region: District of Columbia
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 3 km away
Same name: 9 more places in the world share this name

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

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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

Southeast — 1.3 km
East Central — 1.6 km
Southwest — 1.6 km
Washington City — 1.9 km
Isherwood — 2.0 km
Rosedale — 2.1 km

Capitol Hill: clock, sun and surroundings

Capitol Hill sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.

The sun will rise at 7:18 AM and set at 6:31 PM in Capitol Hill today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 13 min.

Southeast and East Central are near Capitol Hill and do not differ from it in time.

12 postal codes cover the territory of Capitol Hill.

Questions and answers

What is the correct time zone for Capitol Hill?: The correct time zone for Capitol Hill is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Does the local schedule in Capitol Hill include a clock change?: Yes.
Do you know the time of sunset in Capitol Hill?: Yes, it is 6:31 PM.