Knightdale in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7877, -78.4806
- Elevation
- 96 m above sea level
- Population
- 14 256
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 368 km away
The clock for Knightdale, North Carolina, United States is kept here in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Knightdale, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Knightdale
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Knightdale.
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:40 PM
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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.
The same local time applies in Knightdale, Carrington Woods and El Camino Estates.
Knightdale is split into 1 postal code areas.
Standard time in Knightdale comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The horizon brightens over Knightdale at 6:45 AM, and the sun sets at 5:13 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 28 min.