Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.4893, -80.6337
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 414 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, North Carolina, United States
What follows is the current local time in Franklin, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Franklin, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Franklin
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Franklin, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, 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
- Toast — 1.4 km
- Mount Airy — 2.6 km
- Holly View Forest-Highland Park — 3.0 km
- Bannertown — 3.9 km
- White Plains — 4.8 km
- Combstown — 5.1 km
Local time details for Franklin
Postal codes assigned across Franklin total 12.
Local time in Franklin comes from the America/New_York zone, UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today's times for Franklin: the sun is up at 7:32 AM and down at 6:45 PM. That means 11 h 13 min of daylight.
Whatever the hour in Franklin, it is the same in Toast and Mount Airy.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Franklin?
- America/New_York corresponds to Franklin and has an offset of −4.
- Are the clocks in Franklin adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Franklin: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Franklin?
- Sunrise is at 7:32 AM and sunset at 6:45 PM.