Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9371, -80.9665
- Elevation
- 318 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 478 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, North Carolina, United States
The local time in Central, North Carolina, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Central, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Central keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:49 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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 Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, 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
- Love Valley — 6.2 km
- Liberty Hill (historical) — 8.2 km
- Charles — 8.9 km
- Snow Creek (historical) — 9.4 km
- Scotts — 11.2 km
- Jennings — 11.4 km
Local time details for Central
Postal coverage of Central comes to 5 codes.
The zone that governs Central is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Sunrise reaches Central at 6:55 AM, and the sun sets at 5:22 PM. Light lasts 10 h 27 min.
Love Valley and Liberty Hill (historical) sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Central.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Central?
- Central is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in Central affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Central today?
- Sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 5:22 PM.