Providence in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5051, -79.3703
- Elevation
- 169 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 336 km away
- Same name
- 85 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Providence, North Carolina, United States
Right now in Providence, North Carolina, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Providence, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Providence
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Providence keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:26 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Providence right now
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Providence and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02901
- 02902
- 02903
- 02904
- 02905
- 02906
- 02907
- 02908
- 02909
- 02912
- 02918
- 02940
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 Providence
- Providence Rhode Island, United States
- Providence Utah, United States
- Providence Kentucky, United States
- Providence Grand Port, Mauritius
- Providence Flacq, Mauritius
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
- Purley — 3.5 km
- Wallace Mill — 3.6 km
- Gatewood — 4.5 km
- Park Spring — 5.8 km
- Covington — 5.8 km
- Blanch — 6.7 km
Time and daylight in Providence
Providence sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−4. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Providence at 7:26 AM and fades after 6:42 PM today. The span is 11 h 15 min.
Purley and Wallace Mill are near Providence and do not differ from it in time.
12 postal codes are current for Providence.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Providence use?
- Providence uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Providence change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Providence: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Providence?
- It is 7:26 AM.