Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9693, -75.8485
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 146 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Maryland, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Nelson, Maryland, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Nelson, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Nelson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:06 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, 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
About the time in Nelson
Every address in Nelson sits within one of 9 postal codes.
The zone name for Nelson is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun comes up over Nelson at 6:30 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:06 PM. That is 10 h 36 min between the two.
The local time of Nelson is shared by neighbouring Sackertown and Lawson.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Nelson identified?
- The time zone for Nelson is identified as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Nelson set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Nelson: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Nelson?
- Today the sun rises at 6:30 AM.