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What time is it in California, North Carolina, United States

This page answers what time it is in California, North Carolina, United States right now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).

California, United States

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in California

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in California, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:53 PM

Weather in California right now

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California and its neighbours

Mother Vineyard Sunny Side Roanoac (historical) Baumtown Sound Side Whalebone Manns Harbor California
California at 35.9043, -75.6805 with the nearest towns within 7.8 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

California in numbers

Coordinates
35.9043, -75.6805
Elevation
2 m above sea level
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 353 km away
Same name
181 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in North Carolina

Other places named California

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

California: clock, sun and surroundings

4 postal codes have been allocated to California.

California reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.

The sun shows itself over California at 7:11 AM and sets at 6:27 PM today. That is 11 h 16 min of light.

Same time, different place: Manteo and Mother Vineyard near California.

Questions and answers

Which time zone designation is used for California?
The designation used for California is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in California?
Yes.
How early does the sun rise in California?
The first sunlight comes at 7:11 AM.
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