What time is it in Staunton, Virginia?

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

Staunton sits at 38.16°N, 79.06°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Staunton.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Staunton it is highest at 1:07 pm today — 67 minutes after clock noon.

At 79.1°W, Staunton 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 Staunton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 19 minutes, from 14 hours 49 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 30 minutes in December.

At 38.2°N that puts Staunton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.