Hays in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.2499, -81.1156
- Elevation
- 414 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 851
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 464 km away
- Same name
- 16 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hays, North Carolina, United States
What follows is the current local time in Hays, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Hays, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Hays
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Hays.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Hays right now
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Hays and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28635
- 59527
- 67601
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 Hays
- Hays Kansas, United States
- Hays Montana, United States
- Hays Texas, United States
- Hays Ta‘izz, Yemen
- Hays Sinaloa, Mexico
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
- Brookwood — 4.5 km
- Hay Meadow (historical) — 4.7 km
- Sherwood Forest — 5.6 km
- Knottville — 5.8 km
- Dehart — 5.8 km
- Mulberry — 5.9 km
Time and daylight in Hays
3 postal codes serve Hays.
Hays lies in the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−5. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.
Today in Hays, daylight opens at 6:51 AM and closes at 5:27 PM. That span measures 10 h 36 min.
There is no time difference between Hays and nearby Brookwood or Hay Meadow (historical).
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Hays?
- The time zone covering Hays is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Hays?
- Daylight saving in Hays: No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Hays?
- Sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:27 PM.