Chesapeake in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.6876, -76.3122
- Population
- 235 429
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 254 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Chesapeake, United States
Thursday, 12 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Chesapeake
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Chesapeake.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:27 PM
Weather in Chesapeake right now
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Chesapeake and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 23320
- 23321
- 23322
- 23323
- 23324
- 23325
- 23326
- 23327
- 23328
- 45619
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
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
- Alexandria 159 467
Other places named Chesapeake
- Chesapeake West Virginia, United States
- Chesapeake Ohio, United States
- Chesapeake Missouri, United States
- Chesapeake Virginia, United States
- Chesapeake West Virginia, 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
- Grassfield — 3.5 km
- Millville — 6.7 km
- Cornland — 6.8 km
- Benefit — 7.0 km
- Crestwood — 9.0 km
- Gilmerton — 9.3 km
Time and daylight in Chesapeake
Sunlight reaches Chesapeake at 6:41 AM and fades after 5:00 PM today. The span is 10 h 19 min.
You will find the same time in Grassfield and Millville, both near Chesapeake.
Chesapeake takes in 10 postal codes.
The zone in force in Chesapeake is America/New_York, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: No.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Chesapeake be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Chesapeake?
- Daylight saving in Chesapeake: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Chesapeake?
- Sunrise there is at 6:41 AM.