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9–17 in Washington vs UTC
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- Juneteenth19 Jun 2026
- Father's Day21 Jun 2026
- Independence Day (substitute day)3 Jul 2026
- Independence Day4 Jul 2026
- Labor Day7 Sept 2026
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About Washington
Home to roughly 705,749 residents, Washington is a notable city in United States. Its terrain rests around 8 m of elevation.
The America/New_York zone governs civic time in Washington; this identifier is the canonical reference used by every operating system on Earth. Lying in the northern hemisphere within the temperate belt, the city experiences a daylight pattern and seasonal arc characteristic of its latitude (38.91°).
United States's currency is USD and its calling prefix is +1. This page exposes Washington's exact local time alongside sunrise, sunset, public holidays, and a structured-data feed at the JSON link below — useful for spreadsheets, scheduling tools, and AI assistants alike.
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Questions about time in Washington
The current local time in Washington, United States is shown live at the top of this page, synchronized to atomic time to the millisecond.
Washington uses the IANA time zone America/New_York, currently UTC−4.
Whether Washington observes daylight saving time and the date of the next clock change are shown in the Timezone block above. The IANA database (America/New_York) is the source of truth.
Washington is currently in the same time as New York.
Washington is currently 5 hours behind London.
Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and civil/nautical/astronomical twilight times for Washington are listed in the Sun section above, computed from the city's coordinates (38.9072, -77.0369).
United States uses the USD currency and the +1 international dialing code.
Washington sits at 38.9072° N, 77.0369° W, 8 m above sea level, in United States.