Bethesda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8223, -85.3425
- Elevation
- 272 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 809 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethesda, Tennessee, United States
Current local time for Bethesda, Tennessee, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Bethesda, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bethesda
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Bethesda, Tennessee.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:32 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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Dodson — 3.0 km
- Lost Creek — 6.4 km
- Sweetgum — 6.8 km
- Lonewood — 6.9 km
- Cane Creek — 8.0 km
- River Hill — 8.3 km
About the time in Bethesda
Sunrise for Bethesda today is set at 6:50 AM, sunset at 6:06 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 16 min.
Time runs the same in Bethesda and in nearby Dodson and Lost Creek.
12 postal codes have been allocated to Bethesda.
The local zone in Bethesda is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Bethesda?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Bethesda and has an offset of −5.
- Does Bethesda use summer time?
- Yes.
- When does evening light leave Bethesda?
- At 6:06 PM.