Petroleum in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.1909, -81.2684
- Elevation
- 213 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 367 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Petroleum, West Virginia, United States
Check the current local time in Petroleum, West Virginia, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Petroleum, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Petroleum
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Petroleum, West Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Petroleum right now
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Petroleum and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26161
- 46778
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 Petroleum
Same time zone — America/New_York
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About the time in Petroleum
2 codes make up the postal map of Petroleum.
Time in Petroleum runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−4. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
The sun rises over Petroleum today at 6:54 AM and slips away at 5:26 PM. That leaves 10 h 32 min of daylight.
Eaton and Cisco, both nearby, hold the same time as Petroleum.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Petroleum in?
- Petroleum is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Petroleum move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Petroleum: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Petroleum?
- Local sunrise is 6:54 AM.