Bristol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5965, -82.1885
- Elevation
- 512 m above sea level
- Population
- 17 141
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 520 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bristol, Virginia, United States
This page shows local time in Bristol, Virginia, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Bristol, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Bristol
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Bristol, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:05 PM
Weather in Bristol right now
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Bristol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02809
- 03222
- 04539
- 05443
- 06010
- 06011
- 19007
- 24201
- 24202
- 24203
- 24205
- 24209
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 Bristol
- Bristol England, United Kingdom
- Bristol Connecticut, United States
- Bristol Tennessee, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
- Bristol Rhode Island, 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
- Bristol — 0.0 km
- Bristol — 0.2 km
- Sugarville — 1.2 km
- Spring Garden — 1.7 km
- Kingtown — 2.0 km
- Malcolm — 3.1 km
Time and daylight in Bristol
Today's daylight in Bristol begins at 7:49 AM and finishes at 6:38 PM. The total is 10 h 49 min.
Neighbours of Bristol such as Bristol and Bristol share its clock.
Postal numbering in Bristol covers 12 codes.
Local clocks in Bristol follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Bristol?
- The clock in Bristol follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Bristol?
- Daylight saving time in Bristol: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Bristol?
- Local sunrise is 7:49 AM.