Gastonia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2621, -81.1873
- Population
- 74 543
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 546 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
This page shows the time of day in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Gastonia, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Gastonia
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Gastonia, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Gastonia right now
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Gastonia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28052
- 28053
- 28054
- 28055
- 28056
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 Gastonia
- Gastonia Texas, 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
- Love Park — 1.6 km
- Loray Mills — 1.7 km
- Beaverbrook — 1.9 km
- Groves — 2.1 km
- Jenkins Heights — 2.5 km
- Ozark — 2.6 km
Gastonia: clock, sun and surroundings
Gastonia adheres to America/New_York, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
The sun climbs above Gastonia at 6:55 AM and dips below at 5:25 PM. Between them sit 10 h 30 min of daylight.
Nearby, Love Park and Loray Mills go by the same clock as Gastonia.
Coverage of Gastonia by postal code amounts to 5 entries.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Gastonia follow?
- Local time in Gastonia follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Gastonia have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Gastonia: No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Gastonia?
- Today the sun sets at 5:25 PM.