Germantown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4318, -76.4630
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 388 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Germantown, North Carolina, United States
Read off the current local time in Germantown, North Carolina, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−4).
Germantown, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Germantown
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Germantown.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Germantown right now
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Germantown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12526
- 20874
- 20875
- 20876
- 38138
- 38139
- 38183
- 41044
- 45327
- 53022
- 62245
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Germantown
- Germantown Maryland, United States
- Germantown Tennessee, United States
- Germantown Wisconsin, United States
- Germantown Pennsylvania, United States
- Germantown Ohio, 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
- Beulah — 3.0 km
- Sladesville — 4.3 km
- Scranton — 7.3 km
- Rose Bay — 7.9 km
- Makleyville — 8.1 km
- Swanquarter — 12.5 km
About the time in Germantown
Germantown greets the sun at 7:14 AM and loses it at 6:31 PM today. Daylight runs to 11 h 17 min.
Same time, different place: Beulah and Sladesville near Germantown.
Deliveries to Germantown are sorted by 11 postal codes.
Germantown stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Does Germantown use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Germantown uses America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Germantown?
- Daylight saving time in Germantown: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Germantown?
- The hour is 6:31 PM.