Morganton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7454, -81.6848
- Population
- 16 692
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 540 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Morganton, North Carolina, United States
This is the current time in Morganton, North Carolina, United States, shown for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Morganton, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Morganton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Morganton keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:00 PM
Weather in Morganton right now
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Morganton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28655
- 28680
- 30560
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 Morganton
- Morganton Georgia, United States
- Morganton Arkansas, United States
- Morganton Georgia, United States
- Morganton Tennessee, 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
- Burke County — 1.9 km
- Magnolia — 2.5 km
- Hickory Grove (historical) — 2.5 km
- Pumpkin Center — 4.1 km
- Calvin — 4.3 km
- Petersburg — 4.5 km
Time and daylight in Morganton
The sun breaks the horizon at Morganton at 7:49 AM and leaves it at 6:34 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 45 min.
Burke County and Hickory Grove (historical) are close to Morganton and observe the same time.
The area of Morganton is divided into 3 postal codes.
Morganton reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Morganton be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Morganton shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Morganton: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Morganton?
- The sun rises at 7:49 AM.