Fairfax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8462, -77.3064
- Population
- 24 013
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 24 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairfax, Virginia, United States
This page reports the local time in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Fairfax, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Fairfax
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Fairfax, Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:33 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Fairfax right now
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Fairfax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05454
- 22030
- 22031
- 22032
- 22033
- 22034
- 22035
- 22036
- 22037
- 22038
- 29827
- 52228
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 Fairfax
- Fairfax California, United States
- Fairfax Iowa, United States
- Fairfax South Carolina, United States
- Fairfax Ohio, United States
- Fairfax Oklahoma, 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
- Fairlee — 4.3 km
- Annandale — 9.7 km
- Antrim — 11.1 km
- Allencrest — 14.5 km
- Cropley — 16.7 km
- Carderock — 17.5 km
About the time in Fairfax
Today in Fairfax the sun appears at 7:33 AM and sets again at 6:15 PM. Daylight holds for 10 h 42 min.
The clock reading for Fairfax covers nearby Fairlee and Annandale as well.
Fairfax contains 12 postal codes.
Fairfax carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Fairfax?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Fairfax; its offset is −4.
- Does Fairfax apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Fairfax?
- The sun goes down at 6:15 PM.