Terra Cotta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9537, -76.9983
- Elevation
- 36 m above sea level
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 7 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Terra Cotta, District of Columbia, United States
This page carries the current local time for Terra Cotta, District of Columbia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Terra Cotta, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Terra Cotta
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Terra Cotta.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:06 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:34 PM
Weather in Terra Cotta right now
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Terra Cotta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20017 Washington — 1.9 km away
- 20011 Washington — 1.9 km away
- 20064 Washington — 2.3 km away
- 20317 Washington — 2.3 km away
- 20913 Takoma Park — 2.8 km away
- 20542 Washington — 3.0 km away
- 20712 Mount Rainier — 3.1 km away
- 20782 Hyattsville — 3.1 km away
- 20912 Takoma Park — 3.3 km away
- 20022 Washington — 3.4 km away
- 20018 Washington — 3.5 km away
- 20012 Washington — 3.6 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 Terra Cotta
- Terra Cotta Ontario, Canada
- Terra Cotta California, United States
- Terra Cotta Georgia, United States
- Terra Cotta Illinois, United States
- Terra Cotta Kansas, 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
- Chillum Station — 0.5 km
- Hampshire Knolls — 1.0 km
- Varnum — 1.3 km
- Lamond Riggs — 1.6 km
- Petworth — 2.5 km
- Brookland — 2.6 km
Time and daylight in Terra Cotta
Addresses in Terra Cotta fall under 12 postal codes.
The zone that governs Terra Cotta is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Sunrise for Terra Cotta today is set at 6:40 AM, sunset at 5:06 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 26 min.
Time in Chillum Station and Hampshire Knolls, both close to Terra Cotta, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Terra Cotta?
- The time zone name used for Terra Cotta is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Terra Cotta — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Terra Cotta: No.
- When does the sun appear in Terra Cotta?
- It appears at 6:40 AM.