Richmond in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.5538, -77.4603
- Population
- 226 610
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 154 km away
- Same name
- 79 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Richmond, Virginia, United States
Watch the current local time in Richmond, Virginia, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Richmond, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Richmond
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Richmond.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:44 Solar noon 13:10 Sunset 19:37 Daylight 12 h 53 min Night 11 h 07 min Civil twilight 06:17 – 20:03
Weather in Richmond right now
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Richmond and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01254
- 04357
- 05477
- 23173
- 23218
- 23219
- 23220
- 23221
- 23222
- 23223
- 23224
- 23225
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
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
- Alexandria 159 467
Other places named Richmond
- Richmond British Columbia, Canada
- Richmond California, United States
- Richmond Indiana, United States
- Richmond Kentucky, United States
- Richmond KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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
- Acca — 2.9 km
- Manchester — 3.9 km
- Granite — 4.7 km
- Cloverland — 5.1 km
- Dumbarton — 6.2 km
- Glenwood Farms — 7.1 km
About the time in Richmond
Postal areas within Richmond come to 12.
Richmond belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−4. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
The sun comes up over Richmond at 06:44 today and drops below the horizon at 19:37. That is 12 h 53 min between the two.
Time in Richmond applies without change in Acca and East Highland Park nearby.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Richmond?
- Richmond is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Richmond stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Richmond: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Richmond?
- At 19:37.