Childress in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0562, -80.5045
- Elevation
- 599 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 366 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Childress, Virginia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Childress, Virginia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Childress, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Childress
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Childress keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 5:50 PM
Weather in Childress right now
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Childress and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 79201
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 Childress
- Childress Texas, United States
- Childress Arkansas, United States
- Childress Tennessee, United States
- Childress 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
- Little Montgomery — 5.2 km
- Graysontown — 5.4 km
- Snowville — 5.7 km
- Riner — 5.8 km
- Simpkinstown — 7.6 km
- College Park — 8.6 km
Local time details for Childress
Postal service in Childress uses 1 codes.
Childress carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
In Childress today the sun is out from 6:50 AM until 5:23 PM. That comes to 10 h 33 min of daylight.
No adjustment is needed moving between Childress, Little Montgomery and Graysontown.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Childress?
- Choose America/New_York for Childress, with an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Childress?
- Daylight saving time in Childress: No.
- How late does the sun set in Childress?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:23 PM.