Gulf in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.5604, -79.2817
- Elevation
- 83 m above sea level
- Population
- 144
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 421 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gulf, North Carolina, United States
Local time right now in Gulf, North Carolina, United States appears above, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Gulf, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Gulf
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Gulf keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Gulf right now
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Gulf and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27256
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 Gulf
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
- Cumnock — 4.0 km
- Nob Hill — 5.5 km
- Goldston — 5.6 km
- Holly Hills — 5.6 km
- Farmville — 5.7 km
- Wildwood — 6.6 km
About the time in Gulf
Records show 1 postal code for Gulf.
Gulf tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun shows itself over Gulf at 6:43 AM and sets at 5:21 PM today. That is 10 h 38 min of light.
Cumnock and Nob Hill sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Gulf.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Gulf listed?
- The time zone in Gulf is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Gulf vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Gulf: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Gulf.
- The sunset hour is 5:21 PM.