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What time is it in Dexter, North Carolina, United States

The current local time in Dexter, North Carolina, United States is displayed here for the America/New_York time zone (−5).

Dexter, United States

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Dexter

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Dexter, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:40 PM

Weather in Dexter right now

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Dexter and its neighbours

Knotts Crossroads Huntsboro Dabney Hicks Crossroads Kellys Crossroads Country Place Gela Lewis Horner Stovall Dexter
Dexter at 36.3888, -78.5136 with the nearest towns within 8.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Dexter in numbers

Coordinates
36.3888, -78.5136
Elevation
138 m above sea level
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 308 km away
Same name
21 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in North Carolina

Other places named Dexter

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

About the time in Dexter

Dexter operates on America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time used here: No.

Today's sun rises in Dexter at 6:45 AM, then sets at 5:13 PM. The day offers 10 h 27 min of daylight.

The clock in nearby Knotts Crossroads and Huntsboro follows Dexter.

Addressing within Dexter draws on 11 postal codes.

Questions and answers

What time zone governs the clock in Dexter?
The clock in Dexter follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Does Dexter change its clocks twice a year?
Daylight saving time in Dexter: No.
What is the sunset time for Dexter?
5:13 PM.
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