South Gastonia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2193, -81.2056
- Elevation
- 221 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 312
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 551 km away
What time is it in South Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
The clock for South Gastonia, North Carolina, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
South Gastonia, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in South Gastonia
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in South Gastonia, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in South Gastonia right now
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South Gastonia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28052 Gastonia — 3.1 km away
- 28053 Gastonia — 6.2 km away
- 28055 Gastonia — 7.3 km away
- 28056 Gastonia — 7.3 km away
- 28054 Gastonia — 7.4 km away
- 29703 Bowling Green — 7.7 km away
- 28016 Bessemer City — 10.3 km away
- 28098 Lowell — 11.2 km away
- 29710 Clover — 12.6 km away
- 28034 Dallas — 13.0 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
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
- Blackwood Park — 3.2 km
- Crowders — 3.7 km
- Fallcrest — 3.7 km
- Lake Wood — 3.7 km
- Boogertown — 4.2 km
- Crowders (historical) — 4.3 km
South Gastonia: clock, sun and surroundings
The clock does not change between South Gastonia, Blackwood Park and Crowders.
Postal codes assigned across South Gastonia total 10.
Clocks in South Gastonia take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's sun rises in South Gastonia at 6:55 AM, then sets at 5:25 PM. The day offers 10 h 30 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does South Gastonia use?
- South Gastonia uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
- Will the time in South Gastonia move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in South Gastonia: No.
- What time does the sun rise in South Gastonia?
- The sun rises in South Gastonia at 6:55 AM.