Benson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.1620, -80.5518
- Elevation
- 327 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 305 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Benson, West Virginia, United States
Get the current local time in Benson, West Virginia, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Benson, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Benson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Benson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:44 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Benson right now
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Benson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05731
- 21018
- 27504
- 56215
- 61516
- 85602
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 Benson
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Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Big Isaac — 4.4 km
- Kincheloe — 4.4 km
- Coldwater — 7.1 km
- Tichenal — 7.2 km
- Miletus — 8.3 km
- Freemansburg — 8.4 km
Benson: clock, sun and surroundings
Sorting mail for Benson involves 6 postal codes.
Benson sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
In Benson the sun rises today at 7:34 AM and sets again at 6:44 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 10 min of the day.
Neighbouring places Kincheloe and Big Isaac run on Benson time.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Benson?
- The time in Benson is calculated using America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time used in Benson?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Benson?
- It disappears at 6:44 PM.