Altavista in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1118, -79.2856
- Elevation
- 169 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 474
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 280 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Altavista, Virginia, United States
Find out what time it is now in Altavista, Virginia, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−5).
Altavista, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Altavista
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Altavista.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in Altavista right now
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Altavista and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24517
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 Altavista
- Altavista Nayarit, Mexico
- Altavista Puebla, Mexico
- Altavista Chiapas, Mexico
- Altavista Chiapas, Mexico
- Altavista Oaxaca, Mexico
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
- Moseley Heights — 1.1 km
- Forest Hill — 2.0 km
- Lakewood — 2.0 km
- Beverly Heights — 2.2 km
- Hurt — 2.3 km
- Holly Hills South — 2.9 km
Local time details for Altavista
The sun rises at 6:42 AM above Altavista and sets at 5:21 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 39 min.
Moseley Heights and Forest Hill sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Altavista.
1 postal code have been allocated to Altavista.
The zone that governs Altavista is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Altavista follow?
- Altavista follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Altavista changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Altavista?
- Sunrise is at 6:42 AM and sunset at 5:21 PM.