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