Carter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0209, -83.7141
- Elevation
- 275 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 670 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carter, Tennessee, United States
This page answers what time it is in Carter, Tennessee, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Carter, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Carter
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Carter, Tennessee.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:38 AM – 6:02 PM
Weather in Carter right now
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Carter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41128
- 59420
- 73627
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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
Other places named Carter
- Carter Oklahoma, United States
- Carter Montana, United States
- Carter Wyoming, United States
- Carter Saint John, Barbados
- Carter Manchester, Jamaica
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
- Trentville — 1.0 km
- Lyonton — 2.1 km
- Wooddale — 4.1 km
- Wyricktown — 4.2 km
- Mascot — 5.3 km
- Hickory — 5.8 km
Carter: clock, sun and surroundings
Carter sits under America/New_York, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
In Carter, first light arrives at 7:04 AM and the sun goes down at 5:35 PM. The day holds 10 h 31 min of light.
The same hours are kept in Carter and in nearby Trentville and Lyonton.
Every address in Carter sits within one of 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Carter?
- The local time zone in Carter is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Carter take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Carter: No.
- What time is sunrise in Carter?
- It is 7:04 AM.