California in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6332, -77.5566
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 366 km away
- Same name
- 181 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in California, North Carolina, United States
The time you see here is the local time in California, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time 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 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in California right now
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California and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15419
- 20619
- 41007
- 65018
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 California
- California Maryland, United States
- California Paraná, Brazil
- California Pennsylvania, United States
- California Missouri, United States
- California Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad And Tobago
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
- Birchwood — 4.7 km
- Rochdale — 6.1 km
- Bell Arthur — 6.1 km
- Batts Court — 7.7 km
- Bruce — 7.9 km
- Falkland — 8.3 km
California: clock, sun and surroundings
The time zone assigned to California is America/New_York, held at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise in California is at 7:18 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:35 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 17 min.
There is no time difference between California and nearby Birchwood or Bell Arthur.
Deliveries to California are sorted by 4 postal codes.
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.
- What time zone rules apply in California — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in California: Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in California?
- The sun rises in California at 7:18 AM.