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What time is it in Forest City, North Carolina, United States

Watch the current local time in Forest City, North Carolina, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).

Forest City, United States

8:24:53 PM

Saturday, 31 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Forest City

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Forest City, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:12 PM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:02 PM

Weather in Forest City right now

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Forest City and its neighbours

Forest City at 35.3340, -81.8651 with the nearest towns within 5.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

18421
28043
50436
61532
64451

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.

Forest City in numbers

Coordinates: 35.3340, -81.8651
Elevation: 309 m above sea level
Population: 7 282
Region: North Carolina
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 583 km away
Same name: 13 more places in the world share this name

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

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Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

River Hills — 2.1 km
Pinecrest — 2.2 km
Alexander Mills — 2.7 km
Weatherstone — 3.3 km
Bostic — 4.2 km
Concord — 4.2 km

About the time in Forest City

Forest City has 5 postal codes in total.

The time zone in effect for Forest City is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.

The sun rises today at 7:49 AM in Forest City and sets at 6:35 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 46 min.

Both River Hills and Pinecrest are near Forest City and keep its time.

Questions and answers

Which time zone is observed in Forest City?: Forest City observes the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Forest City?: Daylight saving in Forest City: Yes.
When should I expect the sun to rise in Forest City?: Expect it at 7:49 AM.