Shafer in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.2193, -79.5678
- Elevation
- 570 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 222 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shafer, West Virginia, United States
This page reports the local time in Shafer, West Virginia, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Shafer, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Shafer
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Shafer keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 5:18 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in Shafer right now
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Shafer and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55074
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 Shafer
- Shafer Minnesota, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Lead Mine — 3.1 km
- Sell — 5.3 km
- Location — 6.0 km
- Breedlove (historical) — 6.8 km
- Pierce — 7.1 km
- Kempton — 7.2 km
About the time in Shafer
The time zone assigned to Shafer is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today at Shafer, the sun rises at 6:48 AM and sets at 5:18 PM. That gives 10 h 30 min of daylight.
For Lead Mine and Sell near Shafer, the clock reads the same.
Shafer is mapped by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Shafer use?
- Shafer uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Shafer changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Shafer?
- Sunset there is at 5:18 PM.