Alexandria in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8048, -77.0469
- Population
- 159 467
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 10 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alexandria, Virginia, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Alexandria, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Alexandria, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Alexandria
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alexandria.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Alexandria right now
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Alexandria and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16611
- 22301
- 22302
- 22303
- 22304
- 22305
- 22306
- 22307
- 22308
- 22309
- 22310
- 22311
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Alexandria
- Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt
- Alexandria Louisiana, United States
- Alexandria Teleorman County, Romania
- Alexandria Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Alexandria Eastern Cape, South Africa
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
- Bellevue — 3.4 km
- Giesboro — 5.2 km
- Washington Highlands — 5.4 km
- Barry Farms — 7.5 km
- Douglass Dwellings — 7.7 km
- Fort Hunt — 8.1 km
About the time in Alexandria
In Bellevue and Giesboro the clock agrees with Alexandria.
12 postal codes are current for Alexandria.
Alexandria keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time No.
Today's sun rises in Alexandria at 6:36 AM, then sets at 5:10 PM. The day offers 10 h 33 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Alexandria?
- The time zone of Alexandria is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Alexandria move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Alexandria?
- It appears at 6:36 AM.