Mount Rainier in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9415, -76.9650
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 475
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 8 km away
What time is it in Mount Rainier, Maryland, United States
See the local time in Mount Rainier, Maryland, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Mount Rainier, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Mount Rainier
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mount Rainier.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:30 PM
Weather in Mount Rainier right now
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Mount Rainier and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20712
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
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
- Brookland — 1.9 km
- Langdon — 2.2 km
- Fort Lincoln New Town — 2.3 km
- Gateway — 2.3 km
- Brentwood Village — 2.8 km
- West Riverdale — 3.1 km
About the time in Mount Rainier
Postal codes in Mount Rainier number 1.
The clock standard in Mount Rainier is America/New_York, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: No.
In Mount Rainier, first light arrives at 6:44 AM and the sun goes down at 5:02 PM. The day holds 10 h 18 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between Mount Rainier, Brookland and Langdon.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Mount Rainier?
- Mount Rainier uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Mount Rainier?
- No.
- What hour brings sunset in Mount Rainier?
- The hour is 5:02 PM.