Cape Carteret in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.6916, -77.0630
- Elevation
- 5 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 066
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 467 km away
What time is it in Cape Carteret, North Carolina, United States
This page displays how late it is in Cape Carteret, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Cape Carteret, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Cape Carteret
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Cape Carteret, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Cape Carteret right now
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Cape Carteret and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28594 Emerald Isle — 4.4 km away
- 28584 Swansboro — 6.6 km away
- 28582 Stella — 11.4 km away
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
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
- Cedar Point — 1.0 km
- New Visitors Center — 1.0 km
- Ocean Spray Mobile Home Estates — 1.2 km
- Bayshore Park — 1.3 km
- Country Club Point — 1.4 km
- Pages Mobile Home Park — 1.8 km
About the time in Cape Carteret
Mail delivery in Cape Carteret relies on 3 postal codes.
Local time in Cape Carteret is governed by America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Cape Carteret greets the sun at 7:16 AM and loses it at 6:34 PM today. Daylight runs to 11 h 18 min.
The clock reading for Cape Carteret covers nearby Cedar Point and New Visitors Center as well.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Cape Carteret?
- Cape Carteret is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Cape Carteret go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Cape Carteret: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Cape Carteret?
- The sun rises at 7:16 AM.