Vail in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6403, -106.3740
- Elevation
- 2496 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 461
- Region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2516 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Vail, Colorado, United States
Right now in Vail, Colorado, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Denver zone (−6).
Vail, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Vail
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Vail keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Vail right now
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Vail and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51465
- 81657
- 81658
- 85641
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Colorado
- Denver 729 019
- Colorado Springs 456 568
- Aurora 359 407
- Fort Collins 170 924
- Lakewood 152 597
- Thornton 133 451
Other places named Vail
- Vail Arizona, United States
- Vail Iowa, United States
- Vail Arkansas, United States
- Vail Michigan, United States
- Vail New Jersey, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Eagles Nest — 2.7 km
- Mid Vail — 2.9 km
- West Vail — 3.7 km
- Bighorn — 6.6 km
- Dowds Junction — 7.3 km
- Minturn — 7.7 km
Vail: clock, sun and surroundings
Local time in Vail comes from the America/Denver zone, UTC−6. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Vail at 7:27 AM and fades after 6:14 PM today. The span is 10 h 47 min.
Nothing changes on the clock between Vail and neighbouring Eagles Nest or Mid Vail.
4 postal codes are in use across Vail.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Vail?
- Choose America/Denver for Vail, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in Vail include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Vail?
- At 6:14 PM.