Local time · Alexandria
What time is it in Alexandria, Virginia?
4:50:35AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 159,102
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Alexandria
Alexandria is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Alexandria sits at 38.82°N, 77.08°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Alexandria.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Alexandria it is highest at 11:52 am today — 8 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.1°W, Alexandria sits 8 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 8 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Alexandria today
- Sunrise
- 6:48 am
- Sunset
- 4:56 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 53 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 7 minutes in Alexandria, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 27 minutes, from 14 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 27 minutes in December.
At 38.8°N that puts Alexandria between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.