Congress Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8429, -77.0003
- Elevation
- 52 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 180
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 7 km away
What time is it in Congress Heights, District of Columbia, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Congress Heights, District of Columbia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Congress Heights, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Congress Heights
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Congress Heights.
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 Congress Heights right now
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Congress Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20032 Washington — 1.0 km away
- 20375 Washington — 2.4 km away
- 20319 Washington — 3.0 km away
- 20020 Washington — 3.0 km away
- 20745 Oxon Hill — 3.7 km away
- 20242 Washington — 3.7 km away
- 20024 Washington — 3.9 km away
- 20460 Washington — 4.1 km away
- 20750 Oxon Hill — 4.5 km away
- 20003 Washington — 4.5 km away
- 20594 Washington — 4.9 km away
- 20590 Washington — 4.9 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
- Washington Highlands — 1.3 km
- Giesboro — 1.4 km
- Barry Farms — 1.7 km
- Douglass Dwellings — 2.0 km
- Buena Vista — 2.4 km
- Bellevue — 2.5 km
Congress Heights: clock, sun and surroundings
Look nearby and you will see Washington Highlands and Giesboro on the same clock as Congress Heights.
Addresses in Congress Heights fall under 12 postal codes.
Congress Heights marks time with America/New_York at an offset of UTC−4. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Congress Heights sees the sun rise at 7:18 AM and set at 6:31 PM today. Daylight runs for 11 h 13 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Congress Heights?
- Congress Heights is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Congress Heights?
- Yes.
- Sunrise in Congress Heights is at what time?
- At 7:18 AM.