Charlestown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5562, -78.9747
- Elevation
- 513 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 182 km away
- Same name
- 31 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charlestown, Maryland, United States
This page shows the current local time in Charlestown, Maryland, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Charlestown, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Charlestown
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Charlestown, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Charlestown right now
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Charlestown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02129
- 02813
- 03603
- 21914
- 47111
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 Charlestown
- Charlestown Massachusetts, United States
- Charlestown New South Wales, Australia
- Charlestown Rhode Island, United States
- Charlestown Indiana, United States
- Charlestown KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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
About the time in Charlestown
Clocks in Charlestown take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today the day starts in Charlestown at 6:46 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:15 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 29 min.
Nearby, Lonaconing and Detmold go by the same clock as Charlestown.
Postal designations for Charlestown total 5.
Questions and answers
- How is Charlestown's time zone listed?
- Charlestown's time zone is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Charlestown have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Charlestown: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Charlestown today?
- Sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 5:15 PM.