Bethesda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8459, -76.3038
- Elevation
- 201 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 123 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethesda, Pennsylvania, United States
This page shows local time in Bethesda, Pennsylvania, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Bethesda, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Bethesda
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Bethesda, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Bethesda right now
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Bethesda and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20810
- 20811
- 20813
- 20814
- 20816
- 20817
- 20824
- 20827
- 20889
- 20892
- 20894
- 43719
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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
Other places named Bethesda
- Bethesda Maryland, United States
- Bethesda Wales, United Kingdom
- Bethesda Ohio, United States
- Bethesda Saint Paul Parish, Antigua And Barbuda
- Bethesda Arkansas, 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
- Drytown — 1.9 km
- Holtwood — 2.5 km
- Fernglen — 5.1 km
- Drumore — 6.9 km
- Martic Forge — 6.9 km
- Colemanville — 6.9 km
Time and daylight in Bethesda
There are 12 postal code zones in Bethesda.
The local zone in Bethesda is America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The sun will rise at 6:45 AM and set at 4:55 PM in Bethesda today. Daylight amounts to 10 h 10 min.
The time given for Bethesda holds for nearby Drytown and Holtwood too.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Bethesda?
- The time zone name for Bethesda is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Bethesda?
- Daylight saving time in Bethesda: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Bethesda?
- Sunrise there is at 6:45 AM.