Wilmington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2257, -77.9447
- Population
- 115 933
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 526 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
The local time in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Wilmington, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Wilmington
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Wilmington right now
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Wilmington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01887
- 05363
- 12997
- 19801
- 19802
- 19803
- 19804
- 19805
- 19806
- 19807
- 19808
- 19809
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 Wilmington
- Wilmington Delaware, United States
- Wilmington California, United States
- Wilmington Massachusetts, United States
- Wilmington Ohio, United States
- Wilmington Illinois, 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
- Lake Forest — 1.3 km
- Belville — 2.0 km
- Delgado — 2.1 km
- Princess Place — 3.0 km
- Forest Hills — 3.2 km
- Love Grove — 3.2 km
Time and daylight in Wilmington
Wilmington carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Wilmington at 6:39 AM and leaves it at 5:14 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 35 min.
Nearby, Lake Forest and Belville go by the same clock as Wilmington.
Postal service in Wilmington uses 12 codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Wilmington in?
- Wilmington is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Wilmington have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Wilmington: No.
- What time will the sun set in Wilmington today?
- Today it sets at 5:14 PM.