What time is it in Petersburg, Virginia?

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

Petersburg sits at 37.20°N, 77.39°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Petersburg.

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

At 77.4°W, Petersburg 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 Petersburg, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 8 minutes, from 14 hours 43 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 36 minutes in December.

At 37.2°N that puts Petersburg between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.