Balsam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4268, -83.0851
- Elevation
- 1007 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 660 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balsam, North Carolina, United States
This page shows the current local time in Balsam, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Balsam, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Balsam
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Balsam, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:57 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:23 PM
Weather in Balsam right now
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Balsam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28707
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Balsam
- Balsam Ontario, Canada
- Balsam Michigan, United States
- Balsam Minnesota, United States
- Balsam Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Clark — 1.8 km
- Saunook — 4.6 km
- Willits-Ochre Hill — 4.7 km
- Ruby City — 6.3 km
- Hyatt Creek — 6.7 km
- Quinland — 6.9 km
Balsam: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in Clark and Saunook, both close to Balsam, runs the same.
The area of Balsam is divided into 1 postal code.
Balsam reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:40 AM today in Balsam, with the sun setting at 6:57 PM. That leaves 11 h 17 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Balsam?
- The time zone of Balsam is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the local schedule in Balsam include a clock change?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Balsam?
- The sun rises at 7:40 AM.