Portsmouth in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.8354, -76.2983
- Population
- 96 201
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 238 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Below is the local time in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, kept in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Portsmouth, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Portsmouth
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Portsmouth.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Portsmouth right now
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Portsmouth and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02871
- 03801
- 03802
- 03803
- 03804
- 23701
- 23702
- 23703
- 23704
- 23705
- 23707
- 23708
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 Portsmouth
- Portsmouth England, United Kingdom
- Portsmouth New Hampshire, United States
- Portsmouth Ohio, United States
- Portsmouth Rhode Island, United States
- Portsmouth Saint John Parish, Dominica
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
- Saint Helena — 1.2 km
- Berkley — 1.4 km
- Alantic City — 2.4 km
- Ghent — 3.0 km
- Gosport — 3.5 km
- Port Norfolk — 3.6 km
About the time in Portsmouth
Mail addressed to Portsmouth uses 12 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for Portsmouth is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
In Portsmouth, first light arrives at 6:30 AM and the sun goes down at 5:10 PM. The day holds 10 h 40 min of light.
Nearby places like Saint Helena and Berkley are on Portsmouth time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Portsmouth?
- The time zone that includes Portsmouth is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- What time zone rules apply in Portsmouth — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Portsmouth: Yes.
- What time is sunset in Portsmouth?
- It is 5:10 PM.