Covington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.1363, -79.8475
- Elevation
- 172 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 487 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Covington, North Carolina, United States
Learn the current time in Covington, North Carolina, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Covington, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Covington
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Covington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:52 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
- Ex-Way — 4.5 km
- Capels Mill — 5.2 km
- Pekin — 8.1 km
- Harrisville — 8.4 km
- Ingram — 9.1 km
- Ellerbe — 10.7 km
About the time in Covington
12 codes make up the postal map of Covington.
Covington observes America/New_York time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
For Covington today, sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset is 5:26 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 43 min.
Close to Covington, the towns of Ex-Way and Capels Mill show the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Covington?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Covington, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Covington vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Covington: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Covington?
- It sets at 5:26 PM.