Banner Elk in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1632, -81.8715
- Elevation
- 1128 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 138
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 523 km away
What time is it in Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States
Check the current local time in Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Banner Elk, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Banner Elk
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Banner Elk keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:59 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 5:53 PM
Weather in Banner Elk right now
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Banner Elk and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28604
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
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
- Balm — 1.9 km
- Seven Devils — 3.3 km
- Elk Valley — 3.7 km
- Beech Mountain — 5.5 km
- Matney — 6.3 km
- Heaton — 6.5 km
Time and daylight in Banner Elk
1 postal code is listed for Banner Elk.
Local timekeeping in Banner Elk uses America/New_York, equal to UTC−5. Summer clock change: No.
Sunrise time for Banner Elk today is 6:59 AM; sunset time is 5:26 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 26 min.
Balm and Seven Devils are neighbours of Banner Elk on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Banner Elk based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Banner Elk is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Banner Elk stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Banner Elk: No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Banner Elk?
- Today the sun sets at 5:26 PM.