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What time is it in Highlands, North Carolina, United States

The local time in Highlands, North Carolina, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−4) — is shown on this page.

Highlands, United States

11:09:34 PM

Thursday, 29 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Highlands

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Highlands, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:52 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 7:09 PM

Weather in Highlands right now

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Highlands and its neighbours

Highlands at 35.0529, -83.1986 with the nearest towns within 11.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

07732
28741
77562

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.

Highlands in numbers

Coordinates: 35.0529, -83.1986
Elevation: 1168 m above sea level
Population: 937
Region: North Carolina
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 694 km away
Same name: 38 more places in the world share this name

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 Highlands

Highlands Texas, United States
Highlands New Jersey, United States
Highlands British Columbia, Canada
Highlands Alberta, Canada
Highlands Victoria, Australia

Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

Satolah — 7.0 km
Lickskillet — 7.6 km
Grimshawes — 8.4 km
Norton — 9.5 km
Three Forks — 9.5 km
Shookville — 10.6 km

Highlands: clock, sun and surroundings

The number of postal codes covering Highlands is 3.

Clocks in Highlands take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.

In Highlands today the sun is out from 7:52 AM until 6:43 PM. That comes to 10 h 51 min of daylight.

The time you see for Highlands is also correct for Satolah and Lickskillet.

Questions and answers

What is the correct time zone for Highlands?: The correct time zone for Highlands is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Do clocks in Highlands shift for daylight saving time?: Yes.
What is the local sunset time in Highlands?: Local sunset is 6:43 PM.