What time is it in Colonial Heights, Virginia?

Colonial Heights is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Colonial Heights sits at 37.26°N, 77.40°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Colonial Heights.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Colonial Heights it is highest at 1:01 pm today — 61 minutes after clock noon.

At 77.4°W, Colonial Heights sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Colonial Heights, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 8 minutes, from 14 hours 44 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 36 minutes in December.

At 37.3°N that puts Colonial Heights between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.