Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5624, -78.7047
- Elevation
- 130 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 298 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Virginia, United States
Get the current local time in Nelson, Virginia, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Nelson, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Nelson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson 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
- White Wing — 2.4 km
- Siddon — 2.5 km
- Rip Rap — 3.7 km
- Averett — 5.0 km
- Hitesburg — 5.6 km
- Red Bank — 5.7 km
About the time in Nelson
Around Nelson, places such as White Wing and Siddon use the same time.
Within Nelson, postal codes number 9.
Clocks in Nelson follow America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise comes to Nelson at 6:46 AM and sunset at 5:13 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 27 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Nelson?
- Select America/New_York for Nelson; the offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Nelson?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Nelson?
- Daylight begins at 6:46 AM.