Polkton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.0076, -80.2009
- Elevation
- 99 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 495
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 516 km away
What time is it in Polkton, North Carolina, United States
Get the current local time in Polkton, North Carolina, United States, a location in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Polkton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Polkton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Polkton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 7:12 PM
Weather in Polkton right now
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Polkton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28135
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
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
- Griffins Crossroads — 2.0 km
- Sugar Town — 5.6 km
- Peachland — 6.0 km
- Russellville — 6.3 km
- Poplar Hill (historical) — 6.8 km
- Kikers — 7.6 km
Local time details for Polkton
In Polkton today the sun is out from 7:28 AM until 6:46 PM. That comes to 11 h 18 min of daylight.
Nearby, Griffins Crossroads and Sugar Town go by the same clock as Polkton.
The register holds 1 postal code for Polkton.
The offset in Polkton is UTC−4, under the America/New_York time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Polkton?
- The time zone name used for Polkton is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Polkton follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Polkton today?
- Today it sets at 6:46 PM.