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Time in North Carolina, United States now

15:51:24

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Sun: ↑ 06:14 ↓ 20:19 (14h 6m) - More info - Make North Carolina time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for North Carolina

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for North Carolina is America/New_York.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from North Carolina

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
London	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Istanbul	+7 hours
Moscow	+7 hours
Dubai	+8 hours
Mumbai	+9.5 hours
Hong Kong	+12 hours
Shanghai	+12 hours
Singapore	+12 hours
Tokyo	+13 hours
Sydney	+14 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for North Carolina

Sunrise: 06:14
Sunset: 20:19
Day length: 14h 6m
Solar noon: 13:16
The current local time in North Carolina is 76 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

North Carolina on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 35.50. Longitude: -80.00
Population: 11,046,000
Elevation: 140 m

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Annual average temperatures
for North Carolina 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.