Rufus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9987, -81.6412
- Elevation
- 371 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 519 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rufus, North Carolina, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Rufus, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Rufus, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rufus
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Rufus, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:32 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:59 PM
Weather in Rufus right now
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Rufus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 97050
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 Rufus
- Rufus Oregon, United States
- Rufus New South Wales, Australia
- Rufus Ondo State, Nigeria
- Rufus Kentucky, United States
- Rufus Mississippi, 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
- Mulberry — 4.0 km
- Olivette — 6.2 km
- Globe Set (historical) — 6.5 km
- Patterson — 6.9 km
- Warrior — 7.2 km
- Globe — 8.0 km
Time and daylight in Rufus
Rufus appears under 1 postal code.
Clocks in Rufus take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise today in Rufus lands at 6:50 AM; sunset lands at 5:32 PM. That is 10 h 42 min of light.
Neighbours of Rufus such as Mulberry and Olivette share its clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Rufus?
- Rufus uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Do clocks change in Rufus during the year?
- Daylight saving in Rufus: No.
- What time is sunrise in Rufus?
- It is 6:50 AM.