Backus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8543, -80.9748
- Elevation
- 761 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 362 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Backus, West Virginia, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Backus, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Backus, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Backus
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Backus.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Backus right now
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Backus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56435
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
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About the time in Backus
Sunrise time for Backus today is 7:44 AM; sunset time is 6:34 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 50 min.
In Lawton and Hemlock the clock agrees with Backus.
1 codes make up the postal map of Backus.
The time zone here in Backus is America/New_York, offset UTC−4. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Backus?
- The designation used for Backus is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Backus?
- Daylight saving in Backus: Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Backus — what times?
- 7:44 AM and 6:34 PM.