Rice in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2752, -78.2914
- Elevation
- 139 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 211 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rice, Virginia, United States
The local time of Rice, Virginia, United States is presented here, in line with the America/New_York zone (−5).
Rice, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rice
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Rice keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Rice right now
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Rice and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 23966
- 56367
- 75155
- 99167
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 Rice
- Rice Minnesota, United States
- Rice Texas, United States
- Rice Alabama, United States
- Rice Kansas, United States
- Rice Maryland, 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
- Jamestown (historical) — 5.5 km
- Moran — 5.8 km
- Stoddert — 8.4 km
- Gills — 8.5 km
- Farmville — 9.4 km
- Burkes Tavern — 10.1 km
Rice: clock, sun and surroundings
Addressing within Rice draws on 4 postal codes.
Rice reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
Sunrise today is 6:52 AM in Rice, with sunset at 5:05 PM. That works out to 10 h 13 min of light.
The same local time applies in Rice, Jamestown (historical) and Moran.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Rice?
- The correct time zone for Rice is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rice observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Rice: No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Rice?
- In Rice the sun sets at 5:05 PM.