Folkstone in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.5366, -77.5041
- Elevation
- 21 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 486 km away
What time is it in Folkstone, North Carolina, United States
Local time in Folkstone, North Carolina, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Folkstone, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Folkstone
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Folkstone keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Folkstone right now
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Folkstone and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28445 Holly Ridge — 6.5 km away
- 28460 Sneads Ferry — 9.2 km away
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
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
- Turkey Creek Mobile Home Park — 5.6 km
- Dixon — 5.9 km
- Thomas Landing — 6.1 km
- Holly Ridge — 6.5 km
- Holly Hills Mobile Home Estate — 6.9 km
- Davis Mobile Home Park — 7.6 km
About the time in Folkstone
2 postal codes are listed for Folkstone.
The name of the time zone in Folkstone is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Folkstone gets its sunrise at 7:17 AM and its sunset at 6:36 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 19 min.
Both Turkey Creek Mobile Home Park and Dixon are near Folkstone and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Folkstone?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Folkstone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Folkstone observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Folkstone: Yes.
- When is the sun up in Folkstone?
- The sun comes up at 7:17 AM.