Carter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.4418, -90.4654
- Elevation
- 55 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1294 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carter, Mississippi, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Carter, Mississippi, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Carter, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Carter keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Carter right now
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Carter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41128
- 59420
- 73627
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 Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
Other places named Carter
- Carter Oklahoma, United States
- Carter Montana, United States
- Carter Wyoming, United States
- Carter Saint John, Barbados
- Carter Manchester, Jamaica
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Eleanor (historical) — 1.2 km
- Barbee — 1.3 km
- Lula — 1.8 km
- Moon Lake (historical) — 2.8 km
- Mascot (historical) — 3.0 km
- Moon — 3.0 km
About the time in Carter
The offset in Carter is UTC−5, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Carter the sun rises today at 7:21 AM and sets again at 6:12 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 51 min of the day.
Carter keeps the same time as its neighbours Eleanor (historical) and Barbee.
Addressing within Carter draws on 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How is Carter's time zone listed?
- Carter's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Carter change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Carter: Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Carter?
- Sunset in Carter is at 6:12 PM.