Carter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.3574, -76.6844
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 284 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carter, North Carolina, United States
What follows is the current local time in Carter, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Carter, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Carter
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Carter, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:32 PM
Weather in Carter right now
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Carter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41128
- 59420
- 73627
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 Carter
- Carter Oklahoma, United States
- Carter Montana, United States
- Carter Wyoming, United States
- Carter Saint John, Barbados
- Carter Manchester, Jamaica
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
- Powell Crossroads — 3.0 km
- Walton Crossroads — 3.7 km
- Mitchells Fork — 4.4 km
- Mintonsville — 4.6 km
- Old Chapel Crossroads — 4.9 km
- Muddy Cross — 5.2 km
Local time details for Carter
In Carter the time zone is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time used: No.
Carter gets its sunrise at 6:38 AM and its sunset at 5:05 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 28 min.
Powell Crossroads and Walton Crossroads lie near Carter and keep identical time.
3 postal codes are listed for Carter.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Carter?
- The correct time zone for Carter is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach Carter?
- Daylight saving time in Carter: No.
- What time does the sun rise in Carter?
- The sun rises in Carter at 6:38 AM.