West Gastonia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2876, -81.2442
- Elevation
- 261 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 548 km away
What time is it in West Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
The reading below is the local time in West Gastonia, North Carolina, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
West Gastonia, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in West Gastonia
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in West Gastonia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in West Gastonia right now
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West Gastonia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28053 Gastonia — 3.1 km away
- 28016 Bessemer City — 3.8 km away
- 28055 Gastonia — 5.0 km away
- 28052 Gastonia — 5.3 km away
- 28034 Dallas — 7.4 km away
- 28054 Gastonia — 10.9 km away
- 28056 Gastonia — 13.3 km away
- 28077 High Shoals — 13.5 km away
- 28021 Cherryville — 13.7 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
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
- Jenkins Heights — 3.4 km
- Bessemer City — 3.6 km
- Loray Mills — 4.4 km
- Beaverbrook — 4.7 km
- Vantine — 5.2 km
- Blackwood Park — 5.2 km
Local time details for West Gastonia
9 codes make up the postal map of West Gastonia.
West Gastonia counts hours by America/New_York, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Morning light reaches West Gastonia at 6:55 AM, and the sun sets at 5:25 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 30 min.
The clock reading for West Gastonia covers nearby Jenkins Heights and Bessemer City as well.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to West Gastonia?
- West Gastonia is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time apply in West Gastonia?
- No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in West Gastonia.
- The sunrise hour is 6:55 AM.