Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6273, -76.9358
- Elevation
- 63 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 31 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Maryland, United States
The exact time in Lancaster, Maryland, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Lancaster, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lancaster, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:30 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, 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
- Waldorf — 0.4 km
- Westlake Village — 0.6 km
- Dorchester — 1.2 km
- Beantown — 1.5 km
- Ashford — 1.9 km
- Deerwood — 2.8 km
Lancaster: clock, sun and surroundings
Anyone in Waldorf or Westlake Village reads the same clock as Lancaster.
Postal codes tied to Lancaster number 12.
Lancaster observes America/New_York time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise for Lancaster today is set at 6:43 AM, sunset at 5:02 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 19 min.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Lancaster fall?
- Lancaster falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Lancaster changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Lancaster?
- Expect it at 6:43 AM.