Raleigh
Raleigh, NC, USA
2:08 PM
Saturday, Oct 31, 2026
Daytime
- Time zone
- Eastern Time (EDT)
- UTC offset
- UTC-4
- IANA zone
America/New_York- Coordinates
- 35.78° N, 78.64° W
- Daylight saving time
- In effect (ends Nov 1, 2026)
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Raleigh, North Carolina keeps Eastern Time, the IANA zone America/New_York. Its standard offset is UTC−5. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 8 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, both at 2:00 a.m. local time. 30 other cities on this site share the same zone.
The time on this page comes from your own device’s time zone database, the same source your phone uses, so it updates by itself through daylight saving changes. Times are not fetched from a server. See data sources for how the map and the city list are built.
Raleigh vs. the six US time zones
| Zone | Time now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Time | 2:08 PM | Same time |
| Central Time | 1:08 PM | 1 hour behind |
| Mountain Time | 12:08 PM | 2 hours behind |
| Pacific Time | 11:08 AM | 3 hours behind |
| Alaska Time | 10:08 AM | 4 hours behind |
| Hawaii–Aleutian Time | 8:08 AM | 6 hours behind |
Nearby cities
- Charlotte, NC 129 mi · same zone
- Richmond, VA 139 mi · same zone
- Charleston, SC 221 mi · same zone
- Washington, DC 233 mi · same zone
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