Newton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6699, -81.2215
- Elevation
- 305 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 035
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 515 km away
- Same name
- 94 more places in the world share this name
The page gives the present local time in Newton, North Carolina, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−5).
Newton, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Newton
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Newton keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 5:54 PM
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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.
12 postal codes divide Newton.
Time in Newton runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Sunlight reaches Newton at 6:52 AM and fades after 5:27 PM today. The span is 10 h 36 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Newton, Catawba County and Conover.