Switchback in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3712, -81.3857
- Elevation
- 618 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 416 km away
What time is it in Switchback, West Virginia, United States
The exact time in Switchback, West Virginia, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Switchback, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Switchback
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Switchback, West Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Switchback right now
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Switchback and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24887
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
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Nearby places
About the time in Switchback
1 postal code serve Switchback.
The time zone in effect for Switchback is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Switchback at 7:48 AM and leaves it at 6:33 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 44 min.
Nearby places like Maybeury and Elkhorn are on Switchback time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Switchback?
- The time zone covering Switchback is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Switchback go back at any point?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Switchback?
- Expect it at 7:48 AM.