Rutherford County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4022, -81.9201
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 581 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Rutherford County, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rutherford County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Rutherford County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:55 PM
Weather in Rutherford County right now
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Rutherford County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28160 Spindale — 4.7 km away
- 28139 Rutherfordton — 6.3 km away
- 28167 Union Mills — 9.0 km away
- 28043 Forest City — 10.9 km away
- 28018 Bostic — 11.3 km away
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 Rutherford County
- Rutherford County Tennessee, 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
- Mount Vernon — 1.4 km
- Ruth — 3.3 km
- Logan — 3.4 km
- Thermal Valley — 3.6 km
- Harmon (historical) — 3.7 km
- Spindale — 4.8 km
About the time in Rutherford County
Near Rutherford County you can add Mount Vernon and Ruth, both on the same time.
There are 5 postal code zones in Rutherford County.
Rutherford County runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
In Rutherford County today the sun is out from 6:57 AM until 5:28 PM. That comes to 10 h 31 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Rutherford County?
- The time zone that includes Rutherford County is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in Rutherford County affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Rutherford County?
- Sunset there is at 5:28 PM.