Principio in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6507, -76.0380
- Elevation
- 93 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 120 km away
What time is it in Principio, Maryland, United States
Find out what time it is now in Principio, Maryland, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−4).
Principio, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Principio
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Principio.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Principio right now
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Principio and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21911 Rising Sun — 4.3 km away
- 21904 Port Deposit — 4.5 km away
- 21917 Colora — 5.2 km away
- 21901 North East — 8.9 km away
- 21903 Perryville — 9.7 km away
- 21914 Charlestown — 10.0 km away
- 19362 Nottingham — 10.4 km away
- 21918 Conowingo — 10.6 km away
- 21902 Perry Point — 11.3 km away
- 21078 Havre De Grace — 12.9 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
- Proctors Seat — 1.2 km
- Winchester Village — 2.3 km
- Theodore — 2.8 km
- Clearview — 3.5 km
- West Nottingham — 3.9 km
- Sunnyside — 3.9 km
Local time details for Principio
Mail addressed to Principio uses 10 postal codes.
The zone applied in Principio is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
In Principio the sun rises today at 7:32 AM and sets again at 6:05 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 33 min of the day.
Nearby places that share Principio's clock include Proctors Seat and Winchester Village.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Principio use?
- Principio uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Principio keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Principio: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Principio?
- It disappears at 6:05 PM.