What time is it in Hampton, Virginia?
8:53:19 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 137,596
Daylight saving in Hampton
Hampton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Hampton sits at 37.05°N, 76.30°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hampton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hampton it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.
At 76.3°W, Hampton 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.
Daylight in Hampton today
- Sunrise
- 6:55 am
- Sunset
- 6:57 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 42 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Hampton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 6 minutes, from 14 hours 42 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 37 minutes in December.
At 37.0°N that puts Hampton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.