Bethesda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7612, -86.7931
- Elevation
- 243 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 930 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethesda, Tennessee, United States
The present local time in Bethesda, Tennessee, United States is given below, for 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
What the clock shows right now in Bethesda.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 6:38 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
- Duplex — 4.3 km
- Little Texas — 4.5 km
- Duplex Mission — 6.2 km
- Harpeth — 6.2 km
- Peytonsville — 6.5 km
- Arno — 6.6 km
Bethesda: clock, sun and surroundings
Bethesda accounts for 12 postal codes.
Bethesda sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
The sun comes up over Bethesda at 6:55 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:12 PM. That is 11 h 16 min between the two.
Nearby, Duplex and Little Texas go by the same clock as Bethesda.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Bethesda uses?
- Bethesda uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Bethesda shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Bethesda: Yes.
- Sunrise in Bethesda is at what time?
- At 6:55 AM.