Jonestown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.2220, -76.8075
- Elevation
- 155 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 41 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jonestown, Maryland, United States
Find out what time it is now in Jonestown, Maryland, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−5).
Jonestown, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Jonestown
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Jonestown, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:29 PM
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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
- Woodland Village — 3.0 km
- Thompsons Purchase — 3.4 km
- Talbott Springs — 3.6 km
- Dorseys Search — 4.1 km
- Thistle — 5.0 km
- Timberview — 5.3 km
Local time details for Jonestown
Close by, Woodland Village and Thompsons Purchase keep time with Jonestown.
Jonestown appears under 2 postal codes.
The zone applied in Jonestown is America/New_York with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise today is 6:44 AM in Jonestown, with sunset at 5:01 PM. That works out to 10 h 17 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Jonestown?
- Select America/New_York for Jonestown; the offset is −5.
- Do the clocks in Jonestown go back at any point?
- No.
- What time is last light in Jonestown?
- The sun sets at 5:01 PM.