Sparta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5054, -81.1209
- Elevation
- 893 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 726
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 447 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparta, North Carolina, United States
This page answers what time it is in Sparta, North Carolina, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Sparta, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Sparta
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sparta, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:33 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:15 PM
Weather in Sparta right now
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Sparta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07871
- 22552
- 28675
- 31087
- 38583
- 41086
- 43350
- 49345
- 54656
- 62286
- 65753
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 Sparta
- Sparta New Jersey, United States
- Sparta Peloponnese, Greece
- Sparta Wisconsin, United States
- Sparta Tennessee, United States
- Sparta Illinois, 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
- Alleghany County — 1.7 km
- Chestnut Grove — 4.3 km
- Twin Oaks — 4.5 km
- New Haven — 4.6 km
- Whitehead — 5.1 km
- Pine Swamp — 5.2 km
About the time in Sparta
Sparta is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −4. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
Sunrise for Sparta today is set at 7:33 AM, sunset at 6:49 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 15 min.
Check Sparta and you have also checked Alleghany County and Chestnut Grove.
Mail addressed to Sparta uses 11 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Sparta?
- In Sparta, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Sparta move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Sparta?
- 7:33 AM marks sunrise.