Capitol Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8851, -76.9158
- Elevation
- 38 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 574
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 10 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Capitol Heights, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Capitol Heights
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Capitol Heights.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in Capitol Heights right now
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Capitol Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20731
- 20743
- 20790
- 20791
- 20799
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 Capitol Heights
- Capitol Heights Alabama, United States
- Capitol Heights Iowa, United States
- Capitol Heights Utah, 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
- Northeast Boundary — 0.8 km
- Deanwood — 1.9 km
- Fort Dupont — 2.4 km
- Central Northeast — 2.5 km
- Yorkshire Knolls — 2.7 km
- Tuxedo Colony — 3.1 km
Capitol Heights: clock, sun and surroundings
Standard time in Capitol Heights comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
In Capitol Heights today the sun is out from 7:19 AM until 6:30 PM. That comes to 11 h 11 min of daylight.
The clock in nearby Northeast Boundary and Deanwood follows Capitol Heights.
Postal codes assigned across Capitol Heights total 5.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Capitol Heights?
- Capitol Heights is in America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time reach Capitol Heights?
- Daylight saving time in Capitol Heights: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Capitol Heights?
- The hour is 6:30 PM.