The Colonies in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6799, -77.2891
- Elevation
- 47 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 137 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Colonies, Virginia, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in The Colonies, Virginia, United States — the America/New_York zone applies there (−5).
The Colonies, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in The Colonies
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
The Colonies keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in The Colonies right now
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The Colonies and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 23162 Studley — 0.5 km away
- 23116 Mechanicsville — 3.7 km away
- 23111 Mechanicsville — 7.3 km away
- 23106 Manquin — 10.0 km away
- 23069 Hanover — 10.4 km away
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 The Colonies
- The Colonies Tennessee, 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
- Buckeye — 2.5 km
- Pebblebrook — 3.2 km
- Hilly Farms — 3.4 km
- Mattawan — 3.9 km
- Hanovertown — 4.2 km
- Heatherwood — 5.2 km
Local time details for The Colonies
The Colonies stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Daylight in The Colonies starts at 6:43 AM and ends at 5:05 PM today. It lasts 10 h 23 min.
Anyone in Buckeye or Pebblebrook reads the same clock as The Colonies.
The Colonies carries 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for The Colonies?
- The correct time zone for The Colonies is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in The Colonies at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in The Colonies: No.
- What time will the sun set in The Colonies today?
- Today it sets at 5:05 PM.