Hancock in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0993, -76.6286
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 313 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hancock, North Carolina, United States
The local time in Hancock, North Carolina, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−4) — is shown on this page.
Hancock, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hancock
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Hancock keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in Hancock right now
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Hancock and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03449
- 04640
- 05748
- 13783
- 21750
- 49930
- 51536
- 54943
- 56244
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 Hancock
- Hancock Michigan, United States
- Hancock Maine, United States
- Hancock Maryland, United States
- Hancock West Virginia, United States
- Hancock New York, 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
- Macedonia — 3.5 km
- Saint Mark Mobile Home Park — 3.7 km
- Chowan County — 3.9 km
- Barber — 4.2 km
- Valhalla — 4.9 km
- Edenton — 5.0 km
Hancock: clock, sun and surroundings
For Hancock today, sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset is 6:30 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 14 min.
Time in Macedonia and Saint Mark Mobile Home Park, both close to Hancock, runs the same.
Across Hancock, 9 postal codes are recorded.
Clocks in Hancock take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Hancock's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Hancock's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Hancock vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Hancock: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Hancock?
- The sun sets in Hancock at 6:30 PM.