Amherst County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6048, -79.1451
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 233 km away
What time is it in Amherst County, Virginia, United States
The clock for Amherst County, Virginia, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Amherst County, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Amherst County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Amherst County, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Amherst County right now
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Amherst County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24574 Monroe — 7.4 km away
- 24521 Amherst — 8.3 km away
- 24595 Sweet Briar — 9.0 km away
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
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
- Sardis — 3.4 km
- Browntown — 3.5 km
- Monitor — 5.6 km
- Sandidges — 6.6 km
- Fancy Hill — 7.2 km
- Allwood — 8.3 km
Amherst County: clock, sun and surroundings
Nothing changes on the clock between Amherst County and neighbouring Sardis or Browntown.
Postal codes tied to Amherst County number 3.
For Amherst County the applicable zone is America/New_York, running UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:42 AM in Amherst County, with sunset at 6:21 PM. That works out to 10 h 39 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Where does Amherst County fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Amherst County falls within America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the offset in Amherst County changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What time is last light in Amherst County?
- The sun sets at 6:21 PM.