Scranton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4971, -76.4513
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 381 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Scranton, North Carolina, United States
This page carries the current local time for Scranton, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Scranton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Scranton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Scranton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Scranton right now
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Scranton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18501
- 18502
- 18503
- 18504
- 18505
- 18508
- 18509
- 18510
- 18512
- 18515
- 18519
- 18540
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 Scranton
- Scranton Pennsylvania, United States
- Scranton South Carolina, United States
- Scranton Kansas, United States
- Scranton Iowa, United States
- Scranton North Dakota, 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
- Sladesville — 5.1 km
- Germantown — 7.3 km
- Rose Bay — 7.4 km
- Mount Olive — 8.9 km
- Beulah — 9.2 km
- Leechville — 9.4 km
Scranton: clock, sun and surroundings
The time zone used in Scranton is America/New_York, set at UTC−4. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise for Scranton today is set at 7:14 AM, sunset at 6:31 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 17 min.
Places close to Scranton, among them Sladesville and Germantown, share its time.
12 postal codes describe the layout of Scranton.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Scranton?
- The correct time zone for Scranton is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Scranton?
- Yes.
- What time is last light in Scranton?
- The sun sets at 6:31 PM.