Cates in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.2951, -78.9870
- Elevation
- 184 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 336 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cates, North Carolina, United States
Look up the current time in Cates, North Carolina, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−5).
Cates, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Cates
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Cates, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Cates right now
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Cates and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27583 Timberlake — 4.6 km away
- 27572 Rougemont — 9.8 km away
- 27541 Hurdle Mills — 9.8 km away
- 27574 Roxboro — 11.0 km away
- 27573 Roxboro — 12.4 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
Other places named Cates
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
- Timberlake — 3.2 km
- Ai — 3.6 km
- Allens Level — 4.5 km
- Paynes Tavern — 5.6 km
- Hurdle Mills — 5.9 km
- Greenwood Acres — 6.7 km
Local time details for Cates
The hours shown for Cates apply equally in Timberlake and Ai.
5 postal codes serve Cates.
Cates carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Sunrise arrives in Cates at 6:47 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:15 PM. That gives the day 10 h 28 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Cates?
- Cates observes the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Cates switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Cates: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Cates?
- At 6:47 AM.