Covington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.4549, -79.3509
- Elevation
- 187 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 339 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Covington, North Carolina, United States
This page answers what time it is in Covington, North Carolina, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Covington, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Covington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Covington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:26 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Covington right now
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Covington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16917
- 24426
- 30014
- 30015
- 30016
- 38019
- 41011
- 41012
- 41014
- 41016
- 41019
- 45318
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 Covington
- Covington Kentucky, United States
- Covington Washington, United States
- Covington Georgia, United States
- Covington Louisiana, United States
- Covington Tennessee, 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
- Purley — 2.3 km
- Park Spring — 5.7 km
- Yanceyville — 5.8 km
- Providence — 5.8 km
- West Yanceyville — 6.3 km
- Hamer — 6.8 km
Covington: clock, sun and surroundings
Look nearby and you will see Purley and Park Spring on the same clock as Covington.
Covington operates with 12 postal codes.
Time in Covington runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−4. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Today's daylight in Covington begins at 7:26 AM and finishes at 6:42 PM. The total is 11 h 15 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Covington?
- The time zone name used for Covington is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Covington go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Covington?
- Yes, it is 7:26 AM.