Cary in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7915, -78.7811
- Population
- 159 769
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 378 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cary, North Carolina, United States
You can see the current local time of Cary, North Carolina, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Cary, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Cary
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Cary, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Cary right now
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Cary and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27511
- 27512
- 27513
- 27518
- 27519
- 39054
- 60013
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 Cary
- Cary Illinois, United States
- Cary Trnava Region, Slovakia
- Cary Mississippi, United States
- Cary Maine, United States
- Cary Quiché, Guatemala
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
- Burtrose — 2.0 km
- Cambridge Forest — 2.5 km
- Blackhawk — 2.6 km
- Cedar Creek — 2.6 km
- Beechtree — 3.6 km
- Medfield — 3.6 km
About the time in Cary
Cary is served by a set of 7 postal codes.
Standard time in Cary comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Cary sees first light at 6:39 AM today and the sun sets at 5:20 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 41 min.
Close by, Burtrose and Cambridge Forest keep time with Cary.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Cary?
- Cary is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks change in Cary during the year?
- Daylight saving in Cary: No.
- When does light arrive in Cary?
- Light arrives at 6:39 AM.