Apex in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7327, -78.8503
- Population
- 45 585
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 386 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Apex, North Carolina, United States
The clock for Apex, North Carolina, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Apex, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Apex
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Apex keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Apex right now
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Apex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27502
- 27523
- 27539
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Apex
- Apex Nunavut, Canada
- Apex Arkansas, United States
- Apex Arizona, United States
- Apex California, United States
- Apex Kentucky, United States
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
- Clairmont — 0.7 km
- Claybourne — 2.6 km
- Feltonville — 5.7 km
- Brookstone — 6.3 km
- Churchill Downs — 6.4 km
- Cedar Creek — 6.5 km
Local time details for Apex
The clock in Apex matches the clock in nearby Clairmont and Claybourne.
Apex is split into 3 postal code areas.
The name of the time zone in Apex is America/New_York, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises over Apex today at 6:39 AM and slips away at 5:21 PM. That leaves 10 h 41 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Apex?
- The clock in Apex follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Apex shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Apex.
- The sun sets at 5:21 PM.