Carteret County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8640, -76.5325
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 450 km away
What time is it in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States
Look up the current time in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
Carteret County, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Carteret County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Carteret County, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Carteret County right now
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Carteret County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28589 Williston — 8.7 km away
- 28581 Stacy — 9.8 km away
- 28524 Davis — 9.9 km away
- 28579 Smyrna — 11.7 km away
- 28516 Beaufort — 14.4 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
- Williston — 8.7 km
- Davis — 9.9 km
- River Road Estate Mobile Home Park — 9.9 km
- Bettie — 9.9 km
- Otway — 10.1 km
- Masontown — 10.7 km
Time and daylight in Carteret County
Sunrise arrives in Carteret County at 7:14 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:32 PM. That gives the day 11 h 18 min of light.
Williston and Davis sit close to Carteret County and run on the same clock.
Postal numbering in Carteret County covers 5 codes.
Carteret County tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Carteret County?
- The time zone label used for Carteret County is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Carteret County?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Carteret County?
- It sets at 6:32 PM.