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What time is it in Jefferson, North Carolina, United States

The local time in Jefferson, North Carolina, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.

Jefferson, United States

2:29:15 PM

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Jefferson

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Jefferson.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:55 PM

Weather in Jefferson right now

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Jefferson and its neighbours

Jefferson at 36.4204, -81.4734 with the nearest towns within 8.0 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01522
03583
04348
12093
15344
21755
28640
29718
30549
36745
44047
50129

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.

Jefferson in numbers

Coordinates: 36.4204, -81.4734
Elevation: 890 m above sea level
Population: 1 606
Region: North Carolina
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 478 km away
Same name: 41 more places in the world share this name

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 Jefferson

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Same time zone — America/New_York

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Manhattan United States
The Bronx United States

Nearby places

West Jefferson — 2.5 km
Smethport — 2.6 km
Ashe County — 2.9 km
Orion — 5.3 km
Beaver Creek — 5.4 km
Warrensville — 6.1 km

Local time details for Jefferson

The mail network in Jefferson covers 12 codes.

Local clocks in Jefferson follow the America/New_York zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.

Sunrise reaches Jefferson at 6:53 AM, and the sun sets at 5:28 PM. Light lasts 10 h 35 min.

Nearby places like West Jefferson and Smethport are on Jefferson time.

Questions and answers

Which time zone setting matches Jefferson?: The time zone setting that matches Jefferson is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Jefferson?: No.
Both sunrise and sunset in Jefferson — what times?: 6:53 AM and 5:28 PM.