Bethesda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9807, -77.1003
- Population
- 60 858
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 11 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
The current local time in Bethesda, Maryland, United States is displayed here for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Bethesda, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Bethesda
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Bethesda.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Bethesda right now
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Bethesda and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20810
- 20811
- 20813
- 20814
- 20816
- 20817
- 20824
- 20827
- 20889
- 20892
- 20894
- 43719
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 Maryland
- Baltimore 585 708
- Columbia 99 615
- Germantown 86 395
- Silver Spring 71 452
- Frederick 69 479
- Waldorf 67 752
Other places named Bethesda
- Bethesda Wales, United Kingdom
- Bethesda Ohio, United States
- Bethesda Saint Paul Parish, Antigua And Barbuda
- Bethesda Arkansas, United States
- Bethesda Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
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
- Westboro — 1.2 km
- Pinehurst Circle — 2.0 km
- Woodburn — 2.4 km
- Westgate — 2.8 km
- Sumner — 3.1 km
- Woodhaven — 3.2 km
Local time details for Bethesda
Across Bethesda, 12 postal codes are recorded.
Bethesda keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time No.
Bethesda gets its sunrise at 6:37 AM and its sunset at 5:09 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 33 min.
Nearby places like Westboro and Pinehurst Circle are on Bethesda time.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Bethesda?
- The time zone of Bethesda is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Bethesda shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Bethesda today?
- Sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 5:09 PM.