Galax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.6612, -80.9240
- Elevation
- 723 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 914
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 422 km away
What time is it in Galax, Virginia, United States
Current local time for Galax, Virginia, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Galax, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Galax
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Galax.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in Galax right now
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Galax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24333
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
- West Galax — 1.2 km
- Cliffview — 2.4 km
- Oldtown — 3.1 km
- Cox Mill — 4.0 km
- Hickory Flat — 4.2 km
- Reavistown — 4.5 km
About the time in Galax
The time in Galax is also the time in nearby West Galax and Cliffview.
Galax is mapped by 1 postal code.
The local zone in Galax is America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:51 AM today in Galax, with the sun setting at 5:26 PM. That leaves 10 h 34 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Galax?
- The clock in Galax follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Galax?
- Daylight saving time in Galax: No.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Galax.
- They are 6:51 AM and 5:26 PM.