Brightwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1329, -79.7595
- Elevation
- 244 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 390 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Brightwood, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Brightwood, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Brightwood
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Brightwood, North Carolina.
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:48 PM
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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.
2 postal codes describe the layout of Brightwood.
Time in Brightwood follows the zone America/New_York, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:46 AM and sunset at 5:22 PM in Brightwood today. The day carries 10 h 36 min of light.
Koontzville and Rankin, both nearby, hold the same time as Brightwood.