Alta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.2073, -81.1773
- Elevation
- 225 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 368 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alta, West Virginia, United States
This page carries the current local time for Alta, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Alta, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Alta
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Alta keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in Alta right now
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Alta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51002
- 83414
- 95701
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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Alta
- Alta Troms og Finnmark, Norway
- Alta Stockholm, Sweden
- Alta Iowa, United States
- Alta California, United States
- Alta Wyoming, 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
- Gamoca — 1.7 km
- Brownsville — 2.5 km
- Bryce — 2.8 km
- Beech Glen — 2.9 km
- Belva — 3.0 km
- Agnew — 3.1 km
About the time in Alta
3 postal codes have been allocated to Alta.
Time in Alta runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Morning light reaches Alta at 6:54 AM, and the sun sets at 5:25 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 31 min.
Neighbouring places Gamoca and Brownsville run on Alta time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Alta?
- The time zone value for Alta is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Alta?
- Daylight saving in Alta: No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Alta?
- It rises at 6:54 AM.