Dayton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.4148, -78.9386
- Elevation
- 367 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 588
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 174 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dayton, Virginia, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Dayton, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Dayton, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dayton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Dayton keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:39 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Dayton right now
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Dayton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08810
- 14041
- 16222
- 21036
- 22821
- 37321
- 41074
- 45401
- 45402
- 45403
- 45404
- 45405
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 Dayton
- Dayton Ohio, United States
- Dayton Nevada, United States
- Dayton Texas, United States
- Dayton Tennessee, United States
- Dayton New Jersey, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Stemphleytown — 1.8 km
- Rushville — 4.0 km
- Montezuma — 4.4 km
- Dale Enterprise — 4.4 km
- Belmont Estates — 4.5 km
- Pleasant Valley — 4.9 km
About the time in Dayton
Locations in Dayton are covered by 12 postal codes.
Dayton follows America/New_York, giving it a UTC−4 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Dayton at 7:39 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:22 PM. That gives the day 10 h 44 min of light.
Stemphleytown and Rushville sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Dayton.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Dayton based on?
- The clock in Dayton is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Dayton follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Dayton?
- Yes, it is 6:22 PM.