Sanford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4799, -79.1803
- Population
- 29 144
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 425 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sanford, North Carolina, United States
This page shows the time of day in Sanford, North Carolina, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Sanford, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sanford
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sanford.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:49 PM
Weather in Sanford right now
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Sanford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04073
- 23426
- 27330
- 27331
- 27332
- 32771
- 32772
- 32773
- 48657
- 79078
- 81151
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 Sanford
- Sanford Florida, United States
- Sanford Maine, United States
- Sanford Colorado, United States
- Sanford Michigan, United States
- Sanford Alabama, 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
- Sunset Terrace — 0.8 km
- Lee County — 1.0 km
- Berkley Place — 1.7 km
- McCracken Heights — 1.9 km
- Brookwood — 2.0 km
- Colonial Acres — 2.4 km
Time and daylight in Sanford
The clock in Sanford matches the clock in nearby Sunset Terrace and Lee County.
Sanford carries 11 postal codes.
Local time in Sanford comes from the America/New_York zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today Sanford gets sunrise at 6:40 AM and sunset at 5:22 PM. That leaves 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Sanford?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Sanford switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Sanford: No.
- What is the sunrise time for Sanford?
- 6:40 AM.