Short Gap in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5437, -78.8111
- Elevation
- 248 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 169 km away
What time is it in Short Gap, West Virginia, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Short Gap, West Virginia, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Short Gap, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Short Gap
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Short Gap.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:06 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:34 PM
Weather in Short Gap right now
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Short Gap and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26753 Ridgeley — 2.9 km away
- 21556 Pinto — 4.3 km away
- 26719 Fort Ashby — 6.1 km away
- 21505 Cumberland — 6.2 km away
- 21502 Cumberland — 6.8 km away
- 26767 Wiley Ford — 8.3 km away
- 21560 Spring Gap — 8.5 km away
- 21557 Rawlings — 8.5 km away
- 26726 Keyser — 12.3 km away
- 21501 Cumberland — 12.8 km away
- 21503 Cumberland — 12.8 km away
- 26763 Springfield — 13.4 km away
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
Same time zone — America/New_York
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Nearby places
Time and daylight in Short Gap
The zone name for Short Gap is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:55 AM today in Short Gap, with the sun setting at 5:06 PM. That leaves 10 h 11 min of light.
Clocks in Mckenzie and Potomac read the same as clocks in Short Gap.
12 postal codes divide Short Gap.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Short Gap based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Short Gap is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Short Gap change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Short Gap: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Short Gap?
- Today the sun rises at 6:55 AM.