The Plains in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.4493, -76.8650
- Elevation
- 51 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 52 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Plains, Maryland, United States
The present local time in The Plains, Maryland, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
The Plains, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Plains
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in The Plains, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in The Plains right now
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The Plains and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20198
- 45780
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 The Plains
- The Plains Ohio, United States
- The Plains Virginia, United States
- The Plains Georgia, United States
- The Plains Maryland, United States
- The Plains New Hampshire, 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
- Ryceville — 3.4 km
- Thomas Manor — 3.7 km
- Cooksey Knolls — 4.0 km
- Wicomico — 4.1 km
- Dentsville — 4.3 km
- Dubois — 4.5 km
About the time in The Plains
Sunrise today in The Plains lands at 7:17 AM; sunset lands at 6:31 PM. That is 11 h 14 min of light.
Close to The Plains, the towns of Ryceville and Thomas Manor show the same time.
2 postal codes are current for The Plains.
The Plains sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−4. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for The Plains?
- Use America/New_York for The Plains; its offset is −4.
- Does The Plains use summer time?
- Yes.
- What time is last light in The Plains?
- The sun sets at 6:31 PM.