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Time in United States now

00:28:35

Tuesday 6 January 2026, week 2

United States (incl. dependent territories) has 11 time zones. The time zone for the capital Washington, D.C. is used here.
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Time zone info for United States

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for United States is America/New_York.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from United States

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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United States on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 9,629,091 km²
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Currency: Dollar (USD)
Calling code: +1
Internet top level domain: .us
Latitude: 39.76. Longitude: -98.50
Population: 327,167,000

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Annual average temperatures
for United States 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.