Jonestown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.7296, -75.8913
- Elevation
- 14 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 101 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jonestown, Maryland, United States
The local time in Jonestown, Maryland, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Jonestown, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Jonestown
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Jonestown.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:33 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:04 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:05 AM – 5:32 PM
Weather in Jonestown right now
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Jonestown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 17038
- 38639
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 Jonestown
- Jonestown Texas, United States
- Jonestown Pennsylvania, United States
- Jonestown Maryland, United States
- Jonestown Mississippi, United States
- Jonestown Pennsylvania, 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
- Preston — 2.5 km
- Linchester — 3.2 km
- Ellwood — 4.8 km
- Bethlehem — 4.9 km
- Newton — 5.2 km
- Everlea — 5.5 km
Local time details for Jonestown
Jonestown shares one clock with the nearby places Preston and Linchester.
Jonestown carries 2 postal codes.
Jonestown is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
The horizon brightens over Jonestown at 6:33 AM, and the sun sets at 5:04 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 31 min.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Jonestown?
- Yes, Jonestown uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Is the offset in Jonestown changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Jonestown?
- It disappears at 5:04 PM.