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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.