Hinton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7810, -78.6906
- Elevation
- 106 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 376 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hinton, North Carolina, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Hinton, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Hinton, United States
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hinton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Hinton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Hinton right now
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Hinton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 22831
- 25951
- 51024
- 73047
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 Hinton
- Hinton Alberta, Canada
- Hinton England, United Kingdom
- Hinton England, United Kingdom
- Hinton Oklahoma, United States
- Hinton West Virginia, 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
- Method — 1.6 km
- Cameron Park — 3.1 km
- Boylan Heights — 3.6 km
- Budleigh — 3.7 km
- Wake County — 3.8 km
- Oberlin — 3.9 km
Local time details for Hinton
Sunrise comes to Hinton at 7:25 AM and sunset at 6:37 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 12 min of light.
For Method and Cameron Park near Hinton, the clock reads the same.
Hinton includes 4 postal codes.
Hinton keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−4, with daylight saving time Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Hinton?
- The time zone designation for Hinton is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks in Hinton shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Hinton?
- 6:37 PM marks sunset.