Gaston County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2944, -81.1803
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 543 km away
What time is it in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Gaston County, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Gaston County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gaston County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 5:56 PM
Weather in Gaston County right now
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Gaston County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28055 Gastonia — 1.4 km away
- 28053 Gastonia — 3.7 km away
- 28034 Dallas — 4.5 km away
- 28052 Gastonia — 6.5 km away
- 28054 Gastonia — 6.6 km away
- 28098 Lowell — 8.3 km away
- 28016 Bessemer City — 9.7 km away
- 28056 Gastonia — 9.9 km away
- 28164 Stanley — 10.0 km away
- 28101 Mc Adenville — 10.1 km away
- 28032 Cramerton — 10.7 km away
- 28077 High Shoals — 12.4 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
- Beaverbrook — 2.2 km
- Dallas — 2.5 km
- Groves — 2.6 km
- Love Park — 3.0 km
- East Gastonia — 3.1 km
- Springdale — 3.3 km
Local time details for Gaston County
The sun rises today at 6:49 AM in Gaston County and sets at 5:30 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 41 min.
Nearby, Beaverbrook and Dallas go by the same clock as Gaston County.
Coverage of Gaston County by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Time in Gaston County is measured by America/New_York, at UTC−5. Whether clocks are moved for summer: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Gaston County?
- The time zone that includes Gaston County is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Gaston County use summer time?
- No.
- What is the local sunrise time in Gaston County?
- Local sunrise is 6:49 AM.