Dawson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3452, -77.6364
- Elevation
- 30 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 398 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dawson, North Carolina, United States
This page carries the current local time for Dawson, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Dawson, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dawson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Dawson.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:12 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in Dawson right now
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Dawson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15428
- 35963
- 39842
- 50066
- 56232
- 58428
- 62520
- 68337
- 76639
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 Dawson
- Dawson Georgia, United States
- Dawson Minnesota, United States
- Dawson Texas, United States
- Dawson Illinois, United States
- Dawson Pennsylvania, 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
- County Square Estates — 3.5 km
- Glenfield — 4.1 km
- Hullwood — 4.4 km
- Browntown Crossroads — 4.5 km
- Colonial Hights — 5.1 km
- Branchwood — 5.5 km
Dawson: clock, sun and surroundings
The time you see for Dawson is also correct for County Square Estates and Glenfield.
Dawson is split into 9 postal code areas.
Dawson sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
The sun shows itself over Dawson at 6:39 AM and sets at 5:12 PM today. That is 10 h 33 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Dawson?
- The time zone that includes Dawson is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Dawson include a summer time period?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Dawson?
- Sunrise there is at 6:39 AM.