Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -4 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -04:00) America/New_York |
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Norfolk time zone and UTC offset
Clocks in Norfolk are set to EDT, 4 hours behind UTC (UTC-04:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/New_York — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Norfolk observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 01 November 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes EST.
Across United States there are 10 distinct time zones among these 419 cities, so "local time" there depends entirely on which city you mean.
Norfolk compared with major world cities
Current gap between Norfolk and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Norfolk is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Norfolk is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Norfolk is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Norfolk is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Norfolk is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Norfolk is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Norfolk is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Norfolk is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Norfolk is 1 hour behind |
When Norfolk and other cities overlap
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Norfolk local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Norfolk | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Norfolk | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Norfolk | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in Norfolk | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Same local time as Norfolk
No difference at all from Norfolk: the cities below share the America/New_York zone.
New York City Queens The Bronx Boston South Boston Staten Island Virginia Beach Tampa
Popular cities
| New York, United States |
| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |