Dare County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7866, -75.7809
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 363 km away
What time is it in Dare County, North Carolina, United States
Current local time for Dare County, North Carolina, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Dare County, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Dare County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dare County, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Dare County right now
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Dare County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27953 Manns Harbor — 7.2 km away
- 27978 Stumpy Point — 9.8 km away
- 27954 Manteo — 15.6 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
- Lake Worth — 10.0 km
- Stumpy Point — 10.5 km
- Manns Harbor — 11.1 km
- Beach Land Landing — 11.5 km
- Baumtown — 13.5 km
- Buffalo City — 13.8 km
Time and daylight in Dare County
Today at Dare County, the sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 5:02 PM. That gives 10 h 28 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Lake Worth and Stumpy Point sit in the same time as Dare County.
Dare County accounts for 3 postal codes.
Dare County sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Dare County?
- Dare County observes the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dare County observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Dare County?
- Sunrise there is at 6:34 AM.