Canton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3712, -75.5877
- Elevation
- 10 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 139 km away
- Same name
- 45 more places in the world share this name
The current local time in Canton, Maryland, United States is displayed here for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Canton, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Canton
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Canton, Maryland.
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:26 PM
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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.
12 postal codes describe the layout of Canton.
Canton sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Canton at 6:36 AM and leaves it at 4:58 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 22 min.
Salisbury and Deers Head Manor sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Canton.