Pekin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2068, -79.8706
- Elevation
- 89 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 481 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pekin, North Carolina, United States
Watch the current local time in Pekin, North Carolina, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Pekin, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Pekin
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Pekin.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:50 PM
Weather in Pekin right now
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Pekin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47165
- 58361
- 61554
- 61555
- 61558
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 Pekin
- Pekin Illinois, United States
- Pekin North Dakota, United States
- Pekin Lara, Venezuela
- Pekin Antioquia, Colombia
- Pekin Meta Department, Colombia
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
- Ex-Way — 3.9 km
- Harrisville — 4.4 km
- Chip — 6.3 km
- Covington — 8.1 km
- Onvil — 8.2 km
- Capels Mill — 8.8 km
Pekin: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise reaches Pekin at 6:45 AM, and the sun sets at 5:24 PM. Light lasts 10 h 39 min.
Pekin and nearby Ex-Way and Harrisville are never an hour apart.
5 postal codes are current for Pekin.
Pekin keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Pekin use?
- Pekin uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Pekin?
- No.
- What time does the day end in Pekin?
- The sun sets at 5:24 PM.