Butner in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1321, -78.7567
- Elevation
- 113 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 751
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 343 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Butner, North Carolina, United States
This is the current time in Butner, North Carolina, United States, shown for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Butner, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Butner
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Butner keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:24 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:40 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:58 AM – 7:05 PM
Weather in Butner right now
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Butner and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27509
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 Butner
- Butner Oklahoma, 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
- Knap Of Reeds — 3.1 km
- Lyons — 3.3 km
- Cozart — 4.1 km
- North Side — 5.4 km
- Creedmoor — 6.4 km
- Stem — 8.2 km
Butner: clock, sun and surroundings
Butner works with 1 postal code.
The clock standard in Butner is America/New_York, offset by UTC−4. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Butner sees the sun rise at 7:24 AM and set at 6:40 PM today. Daylight runs for 11 h 16 min.
Nearby places like Knap Of Reeds and Lyons are on Butner time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Butner follow?
- Butner follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Butner vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Butner: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Butner?
- Local sunrise is 7:24 AM.