Wilkes County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.2062, -81.1629
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 471 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Wilkes County, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Wilkes County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Wilkes County keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:33 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:15 PM
Weather in Wilkes County right now
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Wilkes County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28659 North Wilkesboro — 3.1 km away
- 28651 Millers Creek — 7.7 km away
- 28697 Wilkesboro — 7.8 km away
- 28656 North Wilkesboro — 11.1 km away
- 28649 Mc Grady — 11.9 km away
- 28635 Hays — 12.3 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 Wilkes County
- Wilkes County Georgia, 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
- Mountain Manor — 0.7 km
- Fairplains — 1.2 km
- Wildwood Park — 1.3 km
- Hilltop Acres — 1.6 km
- Sherwood Forest — 2.1 km
- Wallace Acres — 2.2 km
Wilkes County: clock, sun and surroundings
Records show 6 postal codes for Wilkes County.
Wilkes County counts hours by America/New_York, which stands at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:33 AM in Wilkes County today and sunset at 6:49 PM. That marks 11 h 16 min of daylight.
Anyone in Mountain Manor or Fairplains reads the same clock as Wilkes County.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Wilkes County identified?
- The time zone for Wilkes County is identified as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Wilkes County go back at any point?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Wilkes County?
- The sun rises in Wilkes County at 7:33 AM.