The Downs in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8765, -78.9914
- Elevation
- 89 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 377 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Downs, North Carolina, United States
The current local time in The Downs, North Carolina, United States is displayed here for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
The Downs, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Downs
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in The Downs.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in The Downs right now
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The Downs and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27517 Chapel Hill — 4.8 km away
- 27514 Chapel Hill — 6.4 km away
- 27515 Chapel Hill — 7.1 km away
- 27713 Durham — 7.7 km away
- 27510 Carrboro — 9.5 km away
- 27516 Chapel Hill — 10.7 km away
- 27707 Durham — 11.0 km away
- 27519 Cary — 12.2 km away
- 27722 Durham — 15.5 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
Other places named The Downs
- The Downs England, United Kingdom
- The Downs England, United Kingdom
- The Downs Leinster, Ireland
- The Downs Alabama, United States
- The Downs Kentucky, 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
- Falconbridge — 3.0 km
- Blands — 3.3 km
- Eastwood Park — 3.8 km
- Farrington Hills — 5.0 km
- Glen Lennox — 5.3 km
- Greenwood — 5.4 km
About the time in The Downs
The Downs uses the America/New_York time zone with a UTC−4 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Daylight arrives in The Downs at 7:28 AM and departs at 6:36 PM. It lasts 11 h 08 min today.
No adjustment is needed moving between The Downs, Falconbridge and Blands.
Postal designations for The Downs total 9.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for The Downs?
- Select America/New_York for The Downs; the offset is −4.
- Does the clock in The Downs stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in The Downs: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in The Downs.
- The sunset hour is 6:36 PM.