Sylva in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3737, -83.2260
- Elevation
- 623 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 617
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 674 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sylva, North Carolina, United States
Current local time for Sylva, North Carolina, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Sylva, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Sylva
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sylva, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in Sylva right now
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Sylva and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28779
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 Sylva
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
- Dillsboro — 2.4 km
- Love Field — 2.8 km
- Webster — 3.1 km
- Beta — 4.0 km
- Fisher Creek — 4.3 km
- Foster — 4.7 km
Sylva: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone applied in Sylva is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
In Sylva, today's sun rises at 7:41 AM and sets at 6:58 PM. Light stays for 11 h 17 min.
Places close to Sylva, among them Dillsboro and Love Field, share its time.
Postal codes in Sylva number 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Sylva?
- The time zone value for Sylva is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the hour in Sylva changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Sylva?
- The sun rises in Sylva at 7:41 AM.