Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8582, -77.6930
- Elevation
- 34 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 343 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, North Carolina, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Lancaster, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lancaster, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lancaster keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, 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
- Hazelwood Park — 0.7 km
- Mercer — 2.4 km
- Bullucks Crossroads — 4.9 km
- Fox Hollow — 6.1 km
- West Edgecombe — 6.8 km
- Penelo — 6.9 km
About the time in Lancaster
12 postal codes correspond to Lancaster.
The offset in Lancaster is UTC−4, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
At Lancaster the sun clears the horizon at 7:19 AM and sinks again at 6:36 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 16 min.
Same time, different place: Hazelwood Park and Mercer near Lancaster.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Lancaster?
- Lancaster uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time reach Lancaster?
- Daylight saving time in Lancaster: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Lancaster?
- At 6:36 PM.