Shanghai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2623, -81.6018
- Elevation
- 252 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 572 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shanghai, North Carolina, United States
Local time in Shanghai, North Carolina, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Shanghai, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Shanghai
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Shanghai, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Shanghai right now
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Shanghai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28017 Boiling Springs — 6.0 km away
- 28152 Shelby — 6.2 km away
- 28150 Shelby — 6.9 km away
- 28151 Shelby — 6.9 km away
- 28089 Lattimore — 8.2 km away
- 28038 Earl — 9.3 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 Shanghai
- Shanghai Shanghai, China
- Shanghai West Virginia, United States
- Shanghai Yunnan, China
- Shanghai Yunnan, China
- Shanghai Yunnan, China
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
- Poplar Springs — 1.0 km
- Camden Acres — 2.5 km
- Brittain Village — 3.0 km
- Kenmon Apartments — 4.8 km
- Dover — 5.2 km
- Ora — 5.2 km
Shanghai: clock, sun and surroundings
6 postal codes divide Shanghai.
Shanghai sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
The horizon brightens over Shanghai at 6:56 AM, and the sun sets at 5:27 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 31 min.
Around Shanghai, places such as Poplar Springs and Camden Acres use the same time.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Shanghai be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Shanghai?
- No.
- When does light arrive in Shanghai?
- Light arrives at 6:56 AM.