Foster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3973, -83.1829
- Elevation
- 658 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 669 km away
- Same name
- 28 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Foster, North Carolina, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Foster, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Foster, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Foster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Foster.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in Foster right now
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Foster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02825
- 23056
- 25081
- 41043
- 64745
- 73434
- 97345
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 Foster
- Foster Rhode Island, United States
- Foster Victoria, Australia
- Foster Oklahoma, United States
- Foster Missouri, United States
- Foster Nebraska, 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
- Beta — 0.7 km
- Fisher Creek — 1.4 km
- Addie — 2.3 km
- Love Field — 4.7 km
- Sylva — 4.7 km
- Willits-Ochre Hill — 5.1 km
Time and daylight in Foster
The sun rises here at 7:41 AM and sets at 6:58 PM in Foster today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 17 min.
Foster and its neighbours Beta and Fisher Creek keep one clock.
Mail addressed to Foster uses 7 postal codes.
The time standard for Foster is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Foster?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Foster; its offset is −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Foster?
- Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Foster?
- It rises at 7:41 AM.