The Sands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8701, -76.6730
- Elevation
- 20 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 32 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Sands, Maryland, United States
Look up the current time in The Sands, Maryland, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
The Sands, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Sands
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in The Sands.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in The Sands right now
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The Sands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20776 Harwood — 5.2 km away
- 20716 Bowie — 7.0 km away
- 20711 Lothian — 7.5 km away
- 21035 Davidsonville — 8.1 km away
- 20773 Upper Marlboro — 9.0 km away
- 20792 Upper Marlboro — 9.0 km away
- 20721 Bowie — 11.3 km away
- 21140 Riva — 11.7 km away
- 21062 Glen Burnie — 13.4 km away
- 21123 Pasadena — 13.4 km away
- 21411 Annapolis — 13.4 km away
- 21412 Annapolis — 13.4 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
Other places named The Sands
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands Mpumalanga, South Africa
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
- Velmeade — 5.3 km
- Warthen Knolls — 5.9 km
- Sudleys Choice — 6.9 km
- Birdsville — 7.8 km
- Bristol — 8.7 km
- Upper Marlboro — 9.0 km
About the time in The Sands
The sun will rise at 7:18 AM and set at 6:29 PM in The Sands today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 11 min.
The clock in The Sands matches the clock in nearby Velmeade and Warthen Knolls.
The full list of postal codes for The Sands runs to 12.
For The Sands the applicable zone is America/New_York, running UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does The Sands fall?
- The Sands falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do people in The Sands set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in The Sands: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in The Sands?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:29 PM.