Shell Island in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2238, -77.7839
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 524 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shell Island, North Carolina, United States
Local time in Shell Island, North Carolina, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Shell Island, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Shell Island
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shell Island.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Shell Island right now
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Shell Island and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28480 Wrightsville Beach — 0.9 km away
- 28405 Wilmington — 8.9 km away
- 28411 Wilmington — 9.0 km away
- 28403 Wilmington — 9.4 km away
- 28409 Wilmington — 10.3 km away
- 28402 Wilmington — 16.9 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 Shell Island
- Shell Island Florida, United States
- Shell Island Florida, 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
- Parmele Isles — 0.7 km
- Channel Acres — 1.8 km
- Wrightsville Beach — 2.1 km
- Shore Acres — 2.5 km
- Wrightsville — 3.1 km
- Edgewater Estates — 3.4 km
About the time in Shell Island
The sun rises over Shell Island today at 7:19 AM and slips away at 6:36 PM. That leaves 11 h 17 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Shell Island and in nearby Parmele Isles and Channel Acres.
Shell Island is served by a set of 6 postal codes.
The time zone used in Shell Island is America/New_York, set at UTC−4. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Shell Island?
- Shell Island uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Does Shell Island have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Shell Island: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Shell Island.
- The sun sets at 6:36 PM.