Sweetwater in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7307, -81.2995
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 516 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sweetwater, North Carolina, United States
Learn the current time in Sweetwater, North Carolina, United States, a place in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Sweetwater, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Sweetwater
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Sweetwater, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Sweetwater right now
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Sweetwater and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 37874
- 73666
- 79556
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 Sweetwater
- Sweetwater Florida, United States
- Sweetwater Texas, United States
- Sweetwater Tennessee, United States
- Sweetwater Idaho, United States
- Sweetwater Oklahoma, 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
- Fairbrook — 3.1 km
- Hickory — 3.8 km
- Viewmont — 3.9 km
- Fairgrove — 4.0 km
- Saint Stephens — 4.5 km
- Brookford — 5.3 km
Local time details for Sweetwater
The postal breakdown of Sweetwater runs to 3 codes.
The time zone assigned to Sweetwater is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:56 AM and sunset at 5:24 PM in Sweetwater today. The day carries 10 h 28 min of light.
Anyone in Fairbrook or Hickory reads the same clock as Sweetwater.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Sweetwater?
- The time zone of Sweetwater is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Sweetwater — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Sweetwater: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Sweetwater?
- It sets at 5:24 PM.