Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2362, -80.2114
- Elevation
- 366 m above sea level
- Population
- 449
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 334 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Virginia, United States
Check the current local time in Lafayette, Virginia, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lafayette, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lafayette.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
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 Lafayette
- Lafayette Louisiana, United States
- Lafayette Indiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, 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
Lafayette: clock, sun and surroundings
Lafayette gets its sunrise at 7:43 AM and its sunset at 6:28 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 45 min.
Lafayette, Elliston and Ironto all run on one and the same time.
12 codes make up the postal map of Lafayette.
Lafayette carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Lafayette?
- The designation used for Lafayette is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Lafayette move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Lafayette?
- The sun goes down at 6:28 PM.