Hester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1702, -78.6725
- Elevation
- 119 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 336 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hester, North Carolina, United States
The reading below is the local time in Hester, North Carolina, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
Hester, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Hester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Hester keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in Hester right now
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Hester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70743
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 Hester
- Hester Louisiana, United States
- Hester Western Australia, Australia
- Hester Louisiana, United States
- Hester Missouri, United States
- Hester Oklahoma, 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
- Tar River — 5.1 km
- Lyons — 5.3 km
- Creedmoor — 5.5 km
- Stem — 5.5 km
- Mount Energy — 5.7 km
- Shoofly — 7.7 km
Time and daylight in Hester
Sorting mail for Hester involves 1 postal code.
The time standard for Hester is America/New_York at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The sun rises at 6:39 AM, sets at 5:19 PM, and stays over Hester for 10 h 40 min. That is today's daylight.
Hester, Tar River and Lyons all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Hester?
- The time zone designation for Hester is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks change in Hester during the year?
- Daylight saving in Hester: No.
- What time is sunrise in Hester?
- It is 6:39 AM.