Britain in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.2529, -77.6969
- Elevation
- 180 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 70 km away
What time is it in Britain, Virginia, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Britain, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Britain, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Britain
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Britain, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Britain right now
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Britain and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20180 Lovettsville — 4.8 km away
- 25432 Millville — 8.9 km away
- 20197 Waterford — 9.2 km away
- 25425 Harpers Ferry — 9.3 km away
- 21716 Brunswick — 9.5 km away
- 25423 Halltown — 11.0 km away
- 20134 Purcellville — 11.2 km away
- 21758 Knoxville — 11.3 km away
- 20132 Purcellville — 12.6 km away
- 20129 Paeonian Springs — 12.7 km away
- 20158 Hamilton — 13.2 km away
- 20159 Hamilton — 13.6 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
- Sandy Hook — 8.2 km
- New Addition — 8.5 km
- Knoxville — 8.7 km
- Weverton — 9.0 km
- Brunswick — 9.1 km
- Roelkeys Knoll — 10.3 km
Time and daylight in Britain
The name of the time zone in Britain is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today Britain sees sunrise at 7:36 AM, sunset at 6:15 PM. Daylight comes out to 10 h 39 min.
Britain, Sandy Hook and New Addition all run on one and the same time.
12 distinct postal codes apply to Britain.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Britain in?
- Britain is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Britain switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Britain: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Britain?
- In Britain the sun sets at 6:15 PM.