Kinston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2627, -77.5816
- Population
- 21 337
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 407 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kinston, North Carolina, United States
This page displays how late it is in Kinston, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Kinston, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Kinston
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Kinston, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Kinston right now
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Kinston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28501
- 28502
- 28503
- 28504
- 36453
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 Kinston
- Kinston Alabama, 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
- George Washington Carver — 0.8 km
- Happersville (historical) — 1.4 km
- Eastover — 1.4 km
- Booker T Washington — 1.5 km
- Grove Park — 1.7 km
- Liberty Hill Park — 1.8 km
Kinston: clock, sun and surroundings
In Kinston today the sun is out from 7:30 AM until 6:20 PM. That comes to 10 h 51 min of daylight.
Neighbouring George Washington Carver and Eastover keep the same hours as Kinston.
5 postal codes cover the territory of Kinston.
Kinston marks time with America/New_York at an offset of UTC−4. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Kinston?
- In Kinston, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time reach Kinston?
- Daylight saving time in Kinston: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Kinston?
- The sun goes down at 6:20 PM.