Wake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2215, -80.5720
- Elevation
- 582 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 361 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wake Forest, Virginia, United States
Local time right now in Wake Forest, Virginia, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Wake Forest, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Wake Forest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Wake Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Wake Forest right now
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Wake Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27587
- 27588
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 Wake Forest
- Wake Forest North Carolina, 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
- Mccoy — 2.3 km
- Whitethorne — 2.5 km
- Cowan — 4.0 km
- Churchwood (historical) — 4.0 km
- Parrott — 4.3 km
- Belspring — 4.7 km
Wake Forest: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone that governs Wake Forest is America/New_York at UTC−4. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Today's sunrise at Wake Forest falls at 7:35 AM; sunset follows at 6:42 PM. Between them lie 11 h 07 min of daylight.
The time you see for Wake Forest is also correct for Mccoy and Whitethorne.
2 codes make up the postal map of Wake Forest.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Wake Forest?
- Wake Forest is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Do people in Wake Forest set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Wake Forest: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Wake Forest?
- Yes, it is 6:42 PM.