Preston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7952, -78.8325
- Elevation
- 96 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 379 km away
- Same name
- 57 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Preston, North Carolina, United States
This page keeps the current time in Preston, North Carolina, United States, according to the America/New_York zone (−4).
Preston, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Preston
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Preston, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:26 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Preston right now
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Preston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06365
- 21655
- 31824
- 39354
- 40366
- 52069
- 55965
- 65732
- 74456
- 83263
- 98050
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 Preston
- Preston England, United Kingdom
- Preston Victoria, Australia
- Preston Idaho, United States
- Preston Nova Scotia, Canada
- Preston Texas, 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
- Cedar Creek — 3.1 km
- Brookstone — 3.2 km
- Morrisville — 3.2 km
- Blackhawk — 4.1 km
- Carpenter — 4.5 km
- Cary — 4.7 km
Preston: clock, sun and surroundings
Nearby places like Cedar Creek and Morrisville are on Preston time.
Delivery zones in Preston are marked by 11 postal codes.
Preston adheres to America/New_York, a UTC−4 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Preston at 7:26 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:36 PM. That gives the day 11 h 10 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Is Preston in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Preston is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Preston move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Preston: Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Preston?
- Sunset in Preston is at 6:36 PM.