Washington, D.C., United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/New_York |
Current Time in other Cities of United States
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Time zone in Washington
Clocks in Washington are set to EDT, 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-04:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/New_York — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Washington observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 01 November 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes EST.
United States is not on a single clock: the 419 cities listed here fall across 10 time zones, so times elsewhere in the country will not match Washington.
How far ahead or behind is Washington?
Live differences from Washington, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Washington is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Washington is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Washington is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Washington is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Washington is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Washington is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Washington is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Washington is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Washington is 1 hour behind |
When Washington and other cities overlap
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Washington time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Washington | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Washington | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Washington | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in Washington | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Same local time as Washington
These United States cities also use America/New_York, so their clocks read identically to Washington at every moment of the year.
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