Shelton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5357, -79.4581
- Elevation
- 215 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 338 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shelton, North Carolina, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Shelton, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Shelton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Shelton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shelton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Shelton right now
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Shelton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06484
- 68876
- 98584
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 Shelton
- Shelton Connecticut, United States
- Shelton Washington, United States
- Shelton Nebraska, United States
- Shelton England, United Kingdom
- Shelton West Virginia, 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
- Whitetown — 1.0 km
- Stokesland — 1.6 km
- Whitfield — 1.8 km
- Cedar Park — 2.4 km
- Pelham — 3.1 km
- Dan River (historical) — 3.1 km
Shelton: clock, sun and surroundings
Shelton appears under 3 postal codes.
Shelton keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−4. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
The sun shows itself over Shelton at 7:27 AM and sets at 6:42 PM today. That is 11 h 15 min of light.
Shelton shares its time with neighbouring Whitetown and Stokesland.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Shelton?
- The correct time zone for Shelton is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Shelton move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Shelton?
- The hour is 7:27 AM.