Potomac in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3409, -77.4131
- Elevation
- 24 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 70 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Potomac, Virginia, United States
Local time in Potomac, Virginia, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Potomac, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Potomac
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Potomac.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Potomac right now
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Potomac and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20854
- 20859
- 61865
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Potomac
- Potomac Maryland, United States
- Potomac Illinois, United States
- Potomac Veracruz, Mexico
- Potomac Maryland, United States
- Potomac Montana, 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
- Brookewood Farms — 0.7 km
- Daffan — 1.8 km
- Leeland — 2.0 km
- Bourne — 2.7 km
- Highland Homes — 2.8 km
- Grafton Village — 3.2 km
Potomac: clock, sun and surroundings
The number of postal codes covering Potomac is 3.
Potomac sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−4. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
Today in Potomac, daylight opens at 7:20 AM and closes at 6:32 PM. That span measures 11 h 12 min.
Potomac shares one clock with the nearby places Brookewood Farms and Daffan.
Questions and answers
- Where does Potomac fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Potomac falls within America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks change in Potomac during the year?
- Daylight saving in Potomac: Yes.
- When is the sun up in Potomac?
- The sun comes up at 7:20 AM.