Southwest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8812, -77.0164
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Southwest, District of Columbia, United States
This page shows the current local time in Southwest, District of Columbia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Southwest, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Southwest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Southwest, 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 Southwest right now
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Southwest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15685
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 Southwest
- Southwest Tasmania, Australia
- Southwest Indiana, United States
- Southwest North Carolina, United States
- Southwest Pennsylvania, United States
- Southwest Saint Croix Island, U.S. Virgin Islands
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 — 2.1 km
- East Central — 2.1 km
- Southeast — 2.3 km
- Washington, D.C. — 2.3 km
- Northwest Rectangle — 2.9 km
- Thomas Circle — 3.0 km
Local time details for Southwest
Clocks across Southwest run on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today in Southwest the sun appears at 7:19 AM and sets again at 6:30 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 11 min.
The time given for Southwest holds for nearby East Central and Washington City too.
Postal codes valid in Southwest number 1.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Southwest?
- Yes, Southwest uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Is the local clock in Southwest affected by daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Southwest?
- The hour is 6:30 PM.