Leicester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6551, -82.6962
- Elevation
- 636 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 617 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Leicester, North Carolina, United States
This page answers what time it is in Leicester, North Carolina, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Leicester, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Leicester
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Leicester.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:16 PM Sunset 5:31 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 5:57 PM
Weather in Leicester right now
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Leicester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01524
- 14481
- 28748
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 Leicester
- Leicester England, United Kingdom
- Leicester Massachusetts, United States
- Leicester Vermont, United States
- Leicester New York, United States
- Leicester Alberta, Canada
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
Local time details for Leicester
Postal codes assigned across Leicester total 3.
Local timekeeping in Leicester uses America/New_York, equal to UTC−5. Summer clock change: No.
For Leicester today, sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset is 5:31 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 30 min.
Nearby, Juno and Georgetown go by the same clock as Leicester.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Leicester observe?
- Leicester observes America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Does Leicester follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Leicester?
- Sunset there is at 5:31 PM.