What time is it in Dale City, Virginia?

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

Dale City sits at 38.65°N, 77.35°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Dale City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Dale City it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.

At 77.3°W, Dale City 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 Dale City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 25 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 28 minutes in December.

At 38.6°N that puts Dale City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.