Hickory in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7332, -81.3412
- Population
- 40 374
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 518 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hickory, North Carolina, United States
Find out what time it is now in Hickory, North Carolina, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−4).
Hickory, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hickory
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Hickory, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Hickory right now
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Hickory and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15340
- 28601
- 28602
- 28603
- 39332
- 42051
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 Hickory
- Hickory Pennsylvania, United States
- Hickory Mississippi, United States
- Hickory Oklahoma, United States
- Hickory Virginia, United States
- Hickory Kentucky, 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
- Viewmont — 1.6 km
- Brookford — 3.4 km
- Sweetwater — 3.8 km
- Longview — 3.8 km
- North Hickory — 5.2 km
- Fairbrook — 5.3 km
About the time in Hickory
6 postal codes serve Hickory.
Hickory carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Hickory at 7:46 AM and fades after 6:35 PM today. The span is 10 h 49 min.
Around Hickory, places such as Viewmont and Brookford use the same time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Hickory listed?
- The time zone in Hickory is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Hickory switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Hickory: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Hickory?
- The sun goes down at 6:35 PM.