Carter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8446, -80.2823
- Elevation
- 561 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 281 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carter, West Virginia, United States
The clock for Carter, West Virginia, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Carter, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Carter
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Carter.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:06 PM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 5:47 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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
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
- Evergreen — 2.4 km
- Hoover Town — 4.6 km
- Rock Cave — 5.3 km
- Wilsontown — 5.5 km
- Alton — 6.6 km
- Adrian — 6.8 km
About the time in Carter
Carter keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: No.
The sun comes up over Carter at 6:53 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:19 PM. That is 10 h 27 min between the two.
Same time, different place: Evergreen and Hoover Town near Carter.
Carter spans 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Is Carter in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Carter is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Carter go back at any point?
- No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Carter?
- Today the sun rises at 6:53 AM.