Rocky Mount in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.9976, -79.8920
- Elevation
- 345 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 799
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 327 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Rocky Mount, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Rocky Mount
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rocky Mount.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:26 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Rocky Mount right now
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Rocky Mount and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24151
- 27801
- 27802
- 27803
- 27804
- 27815
- 65072
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 Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount North Carolina, United States
- Rocky Mount Alabama, United States
- Rocky Mount Georgia, United States
- Rocky Mount Louisiana, United States
- Rocky Mount Missouri, 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
- Franklin County — 1.2 km
- Barfoot — 4.0 km
- Claiborn (historical) — 4.6 km
- Gogginsville — 5.6 km
- Redwood — 7.5 km
- Dugwell — 7.6 km
Local time details for Rocky Mount
Delivery zones in Rocky Mount are marked by 7 postal codes.
Rocky Mount adheres to America/New_York, a UTC−4 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sun-up in Rocky Mount is 7:43 AM today and sun-down is 6:26 PM. That gap holds 10 h 43 min of daylight.
Time in Franklin County and Barfoot, both close to Rocky Mount, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Rocky Mount follow?
- Rocky Mount follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Rocky Mount?
- Yes.
- When does evening light leave Rocky Mount?
- At 6:26 PM.