Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3568, -77.4417
- Population
- 20 987
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 175 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Virginia, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Chester, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Chester, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Chester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Chester, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Illinois, United States
- Chester South Carolina, United States
- Chester New Hampshire, 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
- Chesterbrook Farms — 1.4 km
- Gay Farms — 2.0 km
- Centralia — 3.1 km
- Carver Homes — 3.2 km
- Patromdale — 3.3 km
- Bellmeade — 3.5 km
About the time in Chester
Sunrise reaches Chester at 7:32 AM, and the sun sets at 6:17 PM. Light lasts 10 h 44 min.
Nearby Chesterbrook Farms and Gay Farms need no separate clock from Chester.
12 postal codes divide Chester.
The offset in Chester is UTC−4, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Chester in?
- Chester is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks change in Chester during the year?
- Daylight saving in Chester: Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Chester today?
- Today it rises at 7:32 AM.