Ghent in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6171, -81.1148
- Elevation
- 910 m above sea level
- Population
- 457
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 383 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ghent, West Virginia, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Ghent, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Ghent, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ghent
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ghent.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in Ghent right now
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Ghent and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12075
- 25843
- 41045
- 56239
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.
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- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Ghent
- Ghent New York, United States
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- Ghent Maine, United States
- Ghent Ohio, 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
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Ghent: clock, sun and surroundings
Today the day starts in Ghent at 6:58 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:21 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 23 min.
Time runs the same in Ghent and in nearby Fireco and Jonben.
Records show 4 postal codes for Ghent.
Time in Ghent runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Ghent?
- Ghent observes the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Ghent?
- No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Ghent.
- The sun rises at 6:58 AM.