Time Zones in North Carolina
North Carolina uses Eastern Time.
| Time zone | Local time and UTC offset | Next clock change |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | UTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock. | Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes. |
- Official code
- 37
- Representative coordinates
- 35.539710, -79.130864
- Resident population, July 2025
- 11,197,968
- Land area
- 125,935.547 km²
- Water area
- 13,453.873 km²
- State
- North Carolina
The representative point identifies this area. It is not a street address or a boundary survey.
Counties and equivalents
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Alamance County, North Carolina
- Alexander County, North Carolina
- Alleghany County, North Carolina
- Anson County, North Carolina
- Ashe County, North Carolina
- Avery County, North Carolina
- Beaufort County, North Carolina
- Bertie County, North Carolina
- Bladen County, North Carolina
- Brunswick County, North Carolina
- Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Burke County, North Carolina
- Cabarrus County, North Carolina
- Caldwell County, North Carolina
- Camden County, North Carolina
- Carteret County, North Carolina
- Caswell County, North Carolina
- Catawba County, North Carolina
- Chatham County, North Carolina
- Cherokee County, North Carolina
- Chowan County, North Carolina
- Clay County, North Carolina
- Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Columbus County, North Carolina
- Craven County, North Carolina
- Cumberland County, North Carolina
- Currituck County, North Carolina
- Dare County, North Carolina
- Davidson County, North Carolina
- Davie County, North Carolina
Cities, towns and communities
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Aberdeen town, NC
- Advance CDP, NC
- Ahoskie town, NC
- Alamance village, NC
- Albemarle city, NC
- Alexis CDP, NC
- Alliance town, NC
- Altamahaw CDP, NC
- Anderson Creek CDP, NC
- Andrews town, NC
- Angier town, NC
- Ansonville town, NC
- Apex town, North Carolina
- Aquadale CDP, NC
- Arapahoe town, NC
- Archdale city, NC
- Archer Lodge town, NC
- Arrowhead Beach CDP, NC
- Asheboro city, NC
- Asheville city, North Carolina
- Ashley Heights CDP, NC
- Askewville town, NC
- Atkinson town, NC
- Atlantic CDP, NC
- Atlantic Beach town, NC
- Aulander town, NC
- Aurora town, NC
- Autryville town, NC
- Avery Creek CDP, NC
- Avon CDP, NC
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