Dawson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8562, -80.7109
- Elevation
- 742 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 340 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dawson, West Virginia, United States
The page gives the present local time in Dawson, West Virginia, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−5).
Dawson, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dawson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dawson, West Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Dawson right now
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Dawson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15428
- 35963
- 39842
- 50066
- 56232
- 58428
- 62520
- 68337
- 76639
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 Dawson
- Dawson Georgia, United States
- Dawson Minnesota, United States
- Dawson Texas, United States
- Dawson Illinois, United States
- Dawson Pennsylvania, 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
- Vale — 2.9 km
- Grassy Meadows — 3.4 km
- Hickory Grove — 3.9 km
- Lawn — 4.1 km
- Smoot — 5.2 km
- Farmdale — 5.4 km
Dawson: clock, sun and surroundings
In Dawson today the sun is out from 6:51 AM until 5:24 PM. That comes to 10 h 32 min of daylight.
Anyone in Vale or Grassy Meadows reads the same clock as Dawson.
9 postal codes divide Dawson.
The zone name for Dawson is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Does Dawson use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Dawson uses America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dawson change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Dawson: No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Dawson — what times?
- 6:51 AM and 5:24 PM.