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What time is it in Clifton, North Carolina, United States

What follows is the current local time in Clifton, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).

Clifton, United States

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Clifton

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Clifton keeps America/New_York clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:27 AM – 5:55 PM

Weather in Clifton right now

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Clifton and its neighbours

Fig Comet Warrensville Roten Creston Ashe County Trout Graybeal (historical) Clifton
Clifton at 36.4468, -81.5709 with the nearest towns within 7.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Clifton in numbers

Coordinates
36.4468, -81.5709
Elevation
845 m above sea level
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 483 km away
Same name
92 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in North Carolina

Other places named Clifton

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

Local time details for Clifton

Mail addressed to Clifton uses 12 postal codes.

Time in Clifton follows the zone America/New_York, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock shift: No.

Clifton sees the sun rise at 6:54 AM and set at 5:28 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 35 min.

The hour in Clifton is the hour in Dresden and Fig as well.

Questions and answers

What time zone does Clifton observe?
Clifton observes America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
Does Clifton go on summer time?
Daylight saving in Clifton: No.
Do you know the time of sunrise in Clifton?
Yes, it is 6:54 AM.
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