Arlington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8810, -77.1043
- Population
- 207 627
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 6 km away
- Same name
- 59 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arlington, Virginia, United States
Watch the current local time in Arlington, Virginia, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Arlington, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Arlington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Arlington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Arlington right now
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Arlington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02474
- 02476
- 05250
- 22201
- 22202
- 22203
- 22204
- 22205
- 22206
- 22207
- 22209
- 22210
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
- Newport News 186 247
- Alexandria 159 467
Other places named Arlington
- Arlington Texas, United States
- Arlington Massachusetts, United States
- Arlington Washington, United States
- Arlington Tennessee, United States
- Arlington Free State, 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
- Foxhall Village — 3.8 km
- Foggy Bottom — 4.3 km
- Foxhall — 4.7 km
- Cloisters — 4.7 km
- Burleith — 4.7 km
- Foxhall Crescent — 4.8 km
Time and daylight in Arlington
Foxhall Village and Foggy Bottom sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Arlington.
12 postal codes are listed for Arlington.
Arlington runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−4 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Today's sunrise at Arlington falls at 7:20 AM; sunset follows at 6:30 PM. Between them lie 11 h 11 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Arlington uses?
- Arlington uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Is the offset in Arlington changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Arlington?
- Sunset in Arlington is at 6:30 PM.