Burke County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7495, -81.7047
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 541 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
This page shows local time in Burke County, North Carolina, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Burke County, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Burke County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Burke County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:57 PM
Weather in Burke County right now
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Burke County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28680 Morganton — 0.9 km away
- 28655 Morganton — 1.7 km away
- 28628 Glen Alpine — 7.1 km away
- 28619 Drexel — 9.1 km away
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 Burke County
- Burke County Georgia, United States
- Burke County North Dakota, 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
- Hickory Grove (historical) — 1.4 km
- Morganton — 1.9 km
- Calvin — 2.9 km
- Magnolia — 3.0 km
- Pumpkin Center — 4.3 km
- Oak Hill — 5.6 km
Burke County: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone covering Burke County is called America/New_York and stands at UTC−5. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Sunrise today in Burke County lands at 6:53 AM; sunset lands at 5:30 PM. That is 10 h 37 min of light.
Neighbouring Hickory Grove (historical) and Morganton sit in the same time as Burke County.
Postal designations for Burke County total 4.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Burke County?
- The designation used for Burke County is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Burke County go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Burke County: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Burke County?
- It disappears at 5:30 PM.