Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0062, -77.4286
- Population
- 27 822
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 36 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Virginia, United States
Look up the current time in Sterling, Virginia, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
Sterling, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Sterling
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Sterling.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Sterling
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, United States
- Sterling Georgia, 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
- Ashburn Village — 5.7 km
- Broad Run Farms — 5.8 km
- Ashburn — 6.6 km
- Broadlands — 8.0 km
- Leighs — 8.1 km
- Belmont Greene — 9.5 km
Time and daylight in Sterling
12 codes are used to address mail in Sterling.
The zone applied in Sterling is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Sterling at 7:31 AM and departs at 6:18 PM. It lasts 10 h 46 min today.
Sterling and its neighbours Ashburn Village and Broad Run Farms keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Sterling?
- The time zone covering Sterling is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Sterling vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Sterling: Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Sterling?
- Sunset in Sterling is at 6:18 PM.