Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8824, -78.8500
- Elevation
- 125 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 371 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, North Carolina, United States
Find out what time it is now in Nelson, North Carolina, United States — the local clock runs on America/New_York (−5).
Nelson, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Nelson keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, 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
- Clegg — 1.9 km
- Genlee — 3.9 km
- Brassfield — 5.4 km
- Few — 6.7 km
- Bethesda — 6.8 km
- Morrisville — 6.9 km
Local time details for Nelson
There are 9 postal code zones in Nelson.
Nelson runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Nelson has sunrise at 6:46 AM today and sunset at 5:15 PM. Light holds for 10 h 29 min.
Clegg and Genlee are near Nelson and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Nelson?
- Nelson is in America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Nelson?
- Daylight saving in Nelson: No.
- When is the sun up in Nelson?
- The sun comes up at 6:46 AM.