Whitnel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8882, -81.5234
- Elevation
- 392 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 518 km away
What time is it in Whitnel, North Carolina, United States
This page shows local time in Whitnel, North Carolina, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Whitnel, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Whitnel
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Whitnel, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Whitnel right now
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Whitnel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28633 Lenoir — 3.2 km away
- 28645 Lenoir — 3.3 km away
- 28638 Hudson — 6.1 km away
- 28661 Patterson — 12.6 km away
- 28630 Granite Falls — 13.2 km away
- 28667 Rhodhiss — 14.9 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
- British Woods — 1.7 km
- Joyceton — 2.7 km
- Lenoir — 3.2 km
- Tremont Park — 3.6 km
- Maple Valley — 4.3 km
- Johnson Development — 4.4 km
Time and daylight in Whitnel
Whitnel accounts for 6 postal codes.
Whitnel carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Today Whitnel sees sunrise at 7:35 AM, sunset at 6:51 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 16 min.
Neighbouring places British Woods and Joyceton run on Whitnel time.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Whitnel?
- Enter America/New_York as the time zone for Whitnel; its offset is −4.
- Does Whitnel change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Whitnel: Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Whitnel today?
- Today it rises at 7:35 AM.