La Plata in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5293, -76.9753
- Elevation
- 57 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 125
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 41 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Plata, Maryland, United States
This page shows the time of day in La Plata, Maryland, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
La Plata, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in La Plata
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in La Plata.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in La Plata right now
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La Plata and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20646
- 63549
- 87418
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 La Plata
- La Plata Buenos Aires, Argentina
- La Plata Huila Department, Colombia
- La Plata Missouri, United States
- La Plata New Mexico, United States
- La Plata Durango, Mexico
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
- Rosewick — 3.8 km
- Port Tobacco — 4.1 km
- Brice — 4.3 km
- Warrlinda — 4.3 km
- Kerrick Manor — 5.1 km
- Port Tobacco Riviera — 5.2 km
Local time details for La Plata
3 postal codes cover the territory of La Plata.
The local zone in La Plata is America/New_York, standing at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Morning light reaches La Plata at 7:30 AM, and the sun sets at 6:16 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 46 min.
Places close to La Plata, among them Rosewick and Port Tobacco, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to La Plata?
- The time zone name for La Plata is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in La Plata go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in La Plata — what times?
- 7:30 AM and 6:16 PM.