Elon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1029, -79.5067
- Elevation
- 215 m above sea level
- Population
- 10 024
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 379 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elon, North Carolina, United States
This page answers what time it is in Elon, North Carolina, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Elon, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Elon
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Elon, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:38 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:54 PM
Weather in Elon right now
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Elon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27244
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 Elon
- Elon Northern District, Israel
- Élon Centre, Cameroon
- Elon Centre, Cameroon
- Elon South, Cameroon
- Elon Virginia, 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
- Country Club Acres — 1.4 km
- Alamance Acres — 2.3 km
- Country Club Forest — 2.5 km
- Deerfield — 2.7 km
- Glen Raven — 3.0 km
- Random Hills — 3.0 km
About the time in Elon
Nearby, Country Club Acres and Alamance Acres go by the same clock as Elon.
1 distinct postal codes apply to Elon.
Time in Elon follows the zone America/New_York, offset UTC−4. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Sunrise today in Elon lands at 7:38 AM; sunset lands at 6:28 PM. That is 10 h 50 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Elon listed?
- The time zone in Elon is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Elon?
- Daylight saving in Elon: Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in Elon?
- The sun is rising at 7:38 AM.