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
The time now in Richmond, Virginia, United States is shown here, following the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Richmond, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Richmond
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Richmond.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Richmond right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
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
Within Richmond, postal codes number 12.
Richmond belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: No.
Today the sun rises over Richmond at 6:42 AM and sets at 5:07 PM. That is 10 h 25 min of daylight in all.
Richmond and nearby Acca and Manchester are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Richmond?
- Richmond is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Richmond stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Richmond: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Richmond?
- At 5:07 PM.