Local time · Richmond
What time is it in Richmond, Virginia?
4:49:48AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 233,655
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Richmond
Richmond is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Richmond sits at 37.53°N, 77.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Richmond.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Richmond it is highest at 11:54 am today — 6 minutes before clock noon.
At 77.5°W, Richmond sits 10 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 10 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Richmond today
- Sunrise
- 6:47 am
- Sunset
- 5:00 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 13 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 45 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 13 minutes in Richmond, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 11 minutes, from 14 hours 45 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 34 minutes in December.
At 37.5°N that puts Richmond between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.