Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.5851, -79.0514
- Elevation
- 232 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 210
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 228 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Read off the current local time in Amherst, Virginia, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Amherst, United States
Thursday, 12 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Amherst
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Amherst, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01002
- 01003
- 01004
- 03031
- 24521
- 44001
- 54406
- 57421
- 68812
- 79312
- 80721
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 Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Massachusetts, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amherst Wisconsin, 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
- Sweet Briar — 3.8 km
- Buffalo Hill — 4.3 km
- Monitor — 4.6 km
- Angelo — 5.0 km
- Sardis — 6.8 km
- Clifford — 7.0 km
About the time in Amherst
Amherst sees first light at 6:54 AM today and the sun sets at 5:09 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 15 min.
The hours shown for Amherst apply equally in Sweet Briar and Buffalo Hill.
Postal codes tied to Amherst number 11.
Standard time in Amherst comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Amherst?
- The time zone that includes Amherst is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Amherst?
- Daylight saving in Amherst: No.
- What time is sunset in Amherst?
- It is 5:09 PM.