Chinatown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9010, -77.0228
- Elevation
- 16 m above sea level
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chinatown, District of Columbia, United States
Current local time for Chinatown, District of Columbia, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Chinatown, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Chinatown
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Chinatown, District of Columbia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Chinatown right now
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Chinatown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20055 Washington — 0.2 km away
- 20073 Washington — 0.5 km away
- 20530 Washington — 0.5 km away
- 20420 Washington — 0.5 km away
- 20548 Washington — 0.5 km away
- 20536 Washington — 0.5 km away
- 20436 Washington — 0.6 km away
- 20049 Washington — 0.6 km away
- 20412 Washington — 0.6 km away
- 20442 Washington — 0.7 km away
- 20531 Washington — 0.8 km away
- 20535 Washington — 0.8 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
Other places named Chinatown
- Chinatown California, United States
- Chinatown New York, United States
- Chinatown Lombardy, Italy
- Chinatown British Columbia, Canada
- Chinatown California, 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
- Washington City — 0.6 km
- Thomas Circle — 0.8 km
- East Central — 0.9 km
- Truxton Circle — 1.2 km
- Shaw — 1.2 km
- Washington, D.C. — 1.3 km
About the time in Chinatown
Time zone for Chinatown: America/New_York, running at UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Today Chinatown sees sunrise at 7:19 AM, sunset at 6:30 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 11 min.
In Washington City and Thomas Circle the clock agrees with Chinatown.
Postal codes tied to Chinatown number 12.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Chinatown labeled?
- The time zone for Chinatown is labeled America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Chinatown?
- Daylight saving time in Chinatown: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Chinatown.
- The sunset hour is 6:30 PM.