Fairfax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4531, -83.8399
- Elevation
- 411 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 714 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairfax, North Carolina, United States
Local time right now in Fairfax, North Carolina, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Fairfax, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Fairfax
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Fairfax.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 7:00 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:26 PM
Weather in Fairfax right now
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Fairfax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05454
- 22030
- 22031
- 22032
- 22033
- 22034
- 22035
- 22036
- 22037
- 22038
- 29827
- 52228
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Fairfax
- Fairfax Virginia, United States
- Fairfax California, United States
- Fairfax Iowa, United States
- Fairfax South Carolina, United States
- Fairfax Ohio, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Fontana Village — 2.7 km
- Rymers Ferry — 2.8 km
- Yellow Creek — 4.4 km
- Tapoco — 8.9 km
- Deals Gap — 10.0 km
- Lake Santeetlah — 10.2 km
Time and daylight in Fairfax
The sun rises at 7:43 AM, sets at 7:00 PM, and stays over Fairfax for 11 h 17 min. That is today's daylight.
For Fontana Village and Rymers Ferry near Fairfax, the clock reads the same.
Fairfax contains 12 postal codes.
Fairfax works to America/New_York time, set at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Fairfax?
- Enter America/New_York as the time zone for Fairfax; its offset is −4.
- Does Fairfax follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does daylight end in Fairfax?
- Daylight ends at 7:00 PM.