Comet in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.4821, -81.5546
- Elevation
- 896 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 480 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Comet, North Carolina, United States
The current hour and minute in Comet, North Carolina, United States are shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Comet, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Comet
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Comet.
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 Comet right now
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Comet and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28693 Warrensville — 2.9 km away
- 28643 Lansing — 4.7 km away
- 28615 Creston — 9.3 km away
- 28631 Grassy Creek — 11.7 km away
- 28694 West Jefferson — 13.1 km away
- 28640 Jefferson — 13.1 km away
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 Comet
- Comet Queensland, Australia
- Comet Western Australia, Australia
- Comet Alberta, Canada
- Comet Arkansas, United States
- Comet Missouri, 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
- Dresden — 2.8 km
- Warrensville — 4.0 km
- Clifton — 4.2 km
- Lansing — 4.3 km
- Bina — 5.0 km
- Tuckerdale — 5.4 km
Time and daylight in Comet
The register holds 6 postal codes for Comet.
Comet sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Daylight arrives in Comet at 6:54 AM and departs at 5:28 PM. It lasts 10 h 35 min today.
For nearby Dresden and Warrensville, use the time shown for Comet.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Comet?
- The time zone designation for Comet is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Comet run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Comet: No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Comet?
- The sun is setting at 5:28 PM.