What time is it in Fair Oaks, Virginia?

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

Fair Oaks sits at 38.87°N, 77.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fair Oaks.

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

At 77.4°W, Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 27 minutes, from 14 hours 54 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 26 minutes in December.

At 38.9°N that puts Fair Oaks between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.