Drexel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7579, -81.6043
- Elevation
- 364 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 866
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 534 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Drexel, North Carolina, United States
Read off the current local time in Drexel, North Carolina, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Drexel, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Drexel
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Drexel, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Drexel right now
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Drexel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28619
- 64742
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 Drexel
- Drexel Ohio, United States
- Drexel Missouri, United States
- Drexel Florida, United States
- Drexel Maryland, United States
- Drexel Montana, 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
- Valdese — 4.2 km
- Amherst — 4.6 km
- Flat Gap — 5.1 km
- Lovelady (historical) — 5.2 km
- Morganton — 7.4 km
- Chesterfield — 7.7 km
About the time in Drexel
Clocks in Valdese and Amherst read the same as clocks in Drexel.
Postal codes tied to Drexel number 2.
For Drexel the applicable zone is America/New_York, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunlight reaches Drexel at 6:56 AM and fades after 5:27 PM today. The span is 10 h 32 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Drexel?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Drexel go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Drexel: No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Drexel — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:56 AM, sunset at 5:27 PM.