Germantown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7693, -77.1480
- Elevation
- 177 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 98 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
This page shows the current local time in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Germantown, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Germantown
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 6:39 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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
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
- Shour Valley — 8.8 km
- Galt — 9.0 km
- Greenland Manor — 9.1 km
- Longville — 9.4 km
- Brownsville — 10.7 km
- Stonemyer Manor — 10.8 km
Local time details for Germantown
Germantown is served by a set of 11 postal codes.
Time in Germantown is measured by America/New_York, at UTC−4. Whether clocks are moved for summer: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:36 AM in Germantown, with sunset at 6:11 PM. That works out to 10 h 35 min of light.
Time in Germantown applies without change in Shour Valley and Galt nearby.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Germantown based on?
- The clock in Germantown is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the hour in Germantown changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- What time is first light in Germantown?
- The sun rises at 7:36 AM.