Rutherfordton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3693, -81.9568
- Elevation
- 295 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 182
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 586 km away
What time is it in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, United States
The reading below is the local time in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
Rutherfordton, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Rutherfordton
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Rutherfordton keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 6:00 PM
Weather in Rutherfordton right now
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Rutherfordton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28139
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
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
- Fernwood — 1.4 km
- Ruth — 1.7 km
- Thermal Valley — 2.2 km
- Forest Hills — 2.4 km
- Spindale — 2.7 km
- Ellington Heights — 2.8 km
Rutherfordton: clock, sun and surroundings
Rutherfordton is mapped by 1 postal code.
Rutherfordton sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
Daylight arrives in Rutherfordton at 6:51 AM and departs at 5:34 PM. It lasts 10 h 42 min today.
In Fernwood and Ruth the clock agrees with Rutherfordton.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Rutherfordton?
- The time zone designation for Rutherfordton is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rutherfordton keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Rutherfordton: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Rutherfordton?
- It disappears at 5:34 PM.