Ellijay in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.1918, -83.2704
- Elevation
- 697 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 689 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ellijay, North Carolina, United States
See what time it currently is in Ellijay, North Carolina, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−5).
Ellijay, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ellijay
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ellijay.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:39 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 6:05 PM
Weather in Ellijay right now
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Ellijay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30536
- 30540
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 Ellijay
- Ellijay Georgia, United States
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
- Higdonville — 3.1 km
- Mountain Grove — 3.3 km
- Berry Mill — 3.9 km
- Cullasaja — 5.7 km
- Gneiss — 6.6 km
- Shookville — 6.7 km
Time and daylight in Ellijay
Postal designations for Ellijay total 2.
Ellijay is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: No.
Today's sun rises in Ellijay at 6:56 AM, then sets at 5:39 PM. The day offers 10 h 43 min of daylight.
Ellijay shares its time with neighbouring Higdonville and Mountain Grove.
Questions and answers
- Does Ellijay use the America/New_York time zone?
- Yes, Ellijay uses America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Ellijay — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Ellijay: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Ellijay?
- Sunrise is at 6:56 AM and sunset at 5:39 PM.