Observatory Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.1384, -77.2000
- Elevation
- 144 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 31 km away
What time is it in Observatory Heights, Maryland, United States
Find out what time it is now in Observatory Heights, Maryland, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−5).
Observatory Heights, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Observatory Heights
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Observatory Heights, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:30 PM
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Observatory Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20898 Gaithersburg — 0.9 km away
- 20897 Suburb Maryland Fac — 0.9 km away
- 20894 Bethesda — 0.9 km away
- 20889 Bethesda — 0.9 km away
- 20884 Gaithersburg — 0.9 km away
- 20875 Germantown — 0.9 km away
- 20859 Potomac — 0.9 km away
- 20848 Rockville — 0.9 km away
- 20827 Bethesda — 0.9 km away
- 20813 Bethesda — 0.9 km away
- 20877 Gaithersburg — 1.0 km away
- 20899 Gaithersburg — 1.9 km away
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
- Walkers Choice — 2.9 km
- Whetstone — 3.4 km
- Stewart Town — 4.6 km
- Westmore — 6.2 km
- Stoneridge — 6.4 km
- Brandermill — 6.4 km
Observatory Heights: clock, sun and surroundings
Observatory Heights works with 12 postal codes.
The zone that governs Observatory Heights is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Daylight arrives in Observatory Heights at 6:45 AM and departs at 5:02 PM. It lasts 10 h 17 min today.
Time in Observatory Heights applies without change in Walkers Choice and Whetstone nearby.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Observatory Heights based on?
- The clock in Observatory Heights is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Observatory Heights?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Observatory Heights?
- Sunrise is at 6:45 AM and sunset at 5:02 PM.