Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.0690, -81.6226
- Elevation
- 234 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 410 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, West Virginia, United States
On this page the local time of Nelson, West Virginia, United States is updated live, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Nelson, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Nelson.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Fosterville — 3.0 km
- Coopertown — 3.0 km
- Kirbyton — 3.4 km
- Cabot — 3.7 km
- Seth — 4.4 km
- Keith — 5.2 km
About the time in Nelson
Nelson shares one clock with the nearby places Fosterville and Coopertown.
The postal system lists 9 codes for Nelson.
Nelson sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun is up at 7:03 AM in Nelson and down again at 5:20 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 17 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Nelson?
- The time zone assigned to Nelson is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Nelson at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Nelson: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Nelson?
- Sunset there is at 5:20 PM.