Bessemer City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2849, -81.2840
- Elevation
- 275 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 548
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 550 km away
What time is it in Bessemer City, North Carolina, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Bessemer City, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Bessemer City, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Bessemer City
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Bessemer City, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in Bessemer City right now
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Bessemer City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28016
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
- Vantine — 1.6 km
- West Gastonia — 3.6 km
- Jenkins Heights — 6.8 km
- Kings Mountain — 6.8 km
- Blackwood Park — 7.4 km
- Perry — 8.0 km
Bessemer City: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal designations for Bessemer City total 1.
The time zone used in Bessemer City is America/New_York, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
The day begins at Bessemer City with sunrise at 6:55 AM and ends with sunset at 5:25 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 30 min.
For Vantine and West Gastonia near Bessemer City, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Bessemer City?
- Bessemer City is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Bessemer City?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Bessemer City?
- It disappears at 5:25 PM.