Fairfax County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8347, -77.2762
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 22 km away
What time is it in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Local time in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Fairfax County, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Fairfax County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Fairfax County keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Fairfax County right now
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Fairfax County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20122 Centreville — 1.1 km away
- 22119 Merrifield — 1.1 km away
- 22118 Merrifield — 1.1 km away
- 22103 West Mclean — 1.1 km away
- 22096 Reston — 1.1 km away
- 22037 Fairfax — 1.1 km away
- 22034 Fairfax — 1.1 km away
- 22009 Burke — 1.1 km away
- 20196 Reston — 1.1 km away
- 20195 Reston — 1.1 km away
- 20192 Herndon — 1.1 km away
- 20153 Chantilly — 1.1 km away
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
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 — 4.4 km
- Cropley — 16.9 km
- Carderock — 17.4 km
- Brookmont — 18.0 km
- Foxhall — 18.5 km
- Kent — 18.6 km
Time and daylight in Fairfax County
Addressing within Fairfax County draws on 12 postal codes.
The clock in Fairfax County is set to America/New_York, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: No.
The sun rises here at 6:47 AM and sets at 5:01 PM in Fairfax County today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 14 min.
The clock in nearby Fairlee and Cropley follows Fairfax County.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Fairfax County?
- The time zone used in Fairfax County is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Fairfax County shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Fairfax County?
- At 5:01 PM.