What time is it in Portsmouth, Virginia?

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

Portsmouth sits at 36.86°N, 76.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Portsmouth.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Portsmouth it is highest at 12:57 pm today — 57 minutes after clock noon.

At 76.4°W, Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 4 minutes, from 14 hours 41 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 38 minutes in December.

At 36.9°N that puts Portsmouth between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.