Houston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.9574, -80.6281
- Elevation
- 201 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 542 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houston, North Carolina, United States
The exact time in Houston, North Carolina, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Houston, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Houston
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Houston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 7:14 PM
Weather in Houston right now
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Houston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15342
- 19954
- 35572
- 38851
- 45333
- 55943
- 65483
- 72070
- 77001
- 77002
- 77003
- 77004
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 Houston
- Houston Texas, United States
- Houston Scotland, United Kingdom
- Houston Mississippi, United States
- Houston British Columbia, Canada
- Houston Alaska, 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
- Carmel Village — 5.5 km
- Kingswood — 6.0 km
- Forest Hills — 6.1 km
- Franklin Colony — 6.2 km
- Roughedge — 6.5 km
- Bramblewood — 6.9 km
About the time in Houston
Houston is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:30 AM today in Houston, with the sun setting at 6:48 PM. That leaves 11 h 18 min of light.
Travelling from Houston to Carmel Village or Kingswood does not change the hour.
Across Houston, 12 postal codes are recorded.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Houston?
- The time zone covering Houston is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Houston move for summer time?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Houston?
- It sets at 6:48 PM.