Germantown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8926, -76.5230
- Elevation
- 8 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 44 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Germantown, Maryland, United States
Watch the current local time in Germantown, Maryland, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Germantown, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Germantown
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Germantown, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Germantown right now
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Germantown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12526
- 20874
- 20875
- 20876
- 38138
- 38139
- 38183
- 41044
- 45327
- 53022
- 62245
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 Germantown
- Germantown Maryland, United States
- Germantown Tennessee, United States
- Germantown Wisconsin, United States
- Germantown Pennsylvania, United States
- Germantown Ohio, 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
- Beverly Beach — 2.3 km
- West Shoreham — 2.3 km
- Watergate — 4.9 km
- West Shadyside — 5.2 km
- Steuart Level — 5.8 km
- Westelee — 5.9 km
Germantown: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal system lists 11 codes for Germantown.
The clock standard in Germantown is America/New_York, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Sunrise happens at 6:42 AM in Germantown today and sunset at 5:00 PM. That marks 10 h 18 min of daylight.
The clock in Germantown matches the clock in nearby West Shoreham and Beverly Beach.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Germantown?
- America/New_York corresponds to Germantown and has an offset of −5.
- Does Germantown stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Germantown: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Germantown.
- The sunset hour is 5:00 PM.