Dakota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5137, -80.1354
- Elevation
- 288 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 276 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dakota, West Virginia, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Dakota, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Dakota, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Dakota
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Dakota keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Dakota right now
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Dakota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55925
- 61018
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 Dakota
- Dakota Wisconsin, United States
- Dakota Illinois, United States
- Dakota Minnesota, United States
- Dakota Izabal Department, Guatemala
- Dakota Atlántida Department, Honduras
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
- Hoult — 0.7 km
- Sanford — 1.0 km
- Bellview — 1.6 km
- Shagtown — 2.5 km
- Barrackville — 2.9 km
- Hillcrest — 3.1 km
Local time details for Dakota
The postal breakdown of Dakota runs to 2 codes.
Dakota stands in America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
The sun comes up over Dakota at 7:49 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:22 PM. That is 10 h 33 min between the two.
There is no time difference between Dakota and nearby Hoult or Sanford.
Questions and answers
- How is Dakota's time zone listed?
- Dakota's time zone is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Dakota move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Dakota: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Dakota?
- The hour is 6:22 PM.