West Galax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.6515, -80.9306
- Elevation
- 762 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 423 km away
What time is it in West Galax, Virginia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in West Galax, Virginia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
West Galax, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in West Galax
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in West Galax.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in West Galax right now
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West Galax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24333 Galax — 1.8 km away
- 24330 Fries — 10.5 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
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
- Galax — 1.2 km
- Oldtown — 2.5 km
- Reavistown — 3.5 km
- Cox Mill — 3.6 km
- Cliffview — 3.6 km
- Hickory Flat — 5.2 km
West Galax: clock, sun and surroundings
Records show 2 postal codes for West Galax.
Time zone for West Galax: America/New_York, running at UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises today at 6:51 AM in West Galax and sets at 5:26 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 34 min.
Time in Galax and Oldtown, both close to West Galax, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers West Galax?
- The time zone covering West Galax is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does West Galax observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When is the sun down in West Galax?
- The sun goes down at 5:26 PM.