Jackson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8668, -80.6834
- Elevation
- 195 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 553 km away
- Same name
- 54 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jackson, North Carolina, United States
The reading below is the local time in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−4).
Jackson, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Jackson
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Jackson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
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 Jackson right now
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Jackson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03846
- 08527
- 18825
- 27845
- 29831
- 30233
- 36545
- 38301
- 38302
- 38303
- 38305
- 38308
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 Jackson
- Jackson Mississippi, United States
- Jackson Tennessee, United States
- Jackson New Jersey, United States
- Jackson Michigan, United States
- Jackson Missouri, 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
- Jaars — 5.7 km
- Roughedge — 6.5 km
- Unity — 7.8 km
- Mineral Springs — 8.0 km
- Waxhaw — 8.4 km
- Houston — 11.3 km
Jackson: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal code count for Jackson is 12.
Jackson is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Today in Jackson, daylight opens at 7:30 AM and closes at 6:48 PM. That span measures 11 h 18 min.
The same hours are kept in Jackson and in nearby Jaars and Roughedge.
Questions and answers
- Can Jackson's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Jackson's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Jackson?
- Daylight saving time in Jackson: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Jackson?
- It is 7:30 AM.