Brightwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.4043, -76.6669
- Elevation
- 100 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 65 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brightwood, Maryland, United States
On this page the local time of Brightwood, Maryland, United States is updated live, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Brightwood, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Brightwood
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Brightwood.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Brightwood right now
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Brightwood and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 22715
- 97011
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 Brightwood
- Brightwood District of Columbia, United States
- Brightwood Virginia, United States
- Brightwood Nova Scotia, Canada
- Brightwood Massachusetts, United States
- Brightwood Maryland, 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
- Sunset Knoll — 1.1 km
- Twinridge — 2.0 km
- Thornleigh — 2.0 km
- Summit Chase — 2.2 km
- Wellington Valley — 3.3 km
- Westwind — 3.6 km
Local time details for Brightwood
Daylight in Brightwood starts at 6:44 AM and ends at 5:00 PM today. It lasts 10 h 16 min.
The same local time applies in Brightwood, Sunset Knoll and Thornleigh.
Postal codes in Brightwood number 2.
The applicable time zone for Brightwood is America/New_York, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Brightwood?
- Yes, Brightwood uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Brightwood?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Brightwood — what times?
- 6:44 AM and 5:00 PM.