Rico in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.4388, -78.6239
- Elevation
- 29 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 515 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
The current local time in Rico, North Carolina, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.
Rico, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rico
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Rico, North Carolina.
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:43 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.
The zone that governs Rico is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Sunrise reaches Rico at 6:42 AM, and the sun sets at 5:17 PM. Light lasts 10 h 34 min.
Around Rico, places such as Farmers Union and Elkton use the same time.
Mail delivery in Rico relies on 1 postal code.