Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.1082, -80.8865
- Elevation
- 202 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 542 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, North Carolina, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Sterling, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Sterling, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sterling
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Sterling keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:21 AM – 5:55 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
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Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, 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
- Sharonbrook — 1.3 km
- Pineville — 2.8 km
- Colony Acres — 3.9 km
- British Woods — 3.9 km
- Carmel — 4.6 km
- Carmel Commons — 4.6 km
About the time in Sterling
Sterling tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise time for Sterling today is 6:48 AM; sunset time is 5:29 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 41 min.
The clock in Sterling matches the clock in nearby Sharonbrook and Pineville.
12 codes make up the postal map of Sterling.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Sterling?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in Sterling; its offset is −5.
- Do the clocks in Sterling go back at any point?
- No.
- When does evening light leave Sterling?
- At 5:29 PM.