Morehead City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7229, -76.7260
- Elevation
- 5 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 347
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 465 km away
What time is it in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States
The exact time in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Morehead City, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Morehead City
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Morehead City, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:58 PM
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Morehead City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28557
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
- Carolina City — 1.3 km
- Ballow Mobile Home Park — 1.5 km
- Apple Mobile Home Park — 1.6 km
- Sunrise Point — 2.2 km
- Triple S Marina Village — 2.7 km
- Mandy Farms — 2.7 km
About the time in Morehead City
The time given for Morehead City holds for nearby Carolina City and Ballow Mobile Home Park too.
The number of postal codes covering Morehead City is 1.
The time zone used in Morehead City is America/New_York, set at UTC−4. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Morning light reaches Morehead City at 7:14 AM, and the sun sets at 6:33 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 18 min.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Morehead City labeled?
- The time zone for Morehead City is labeled America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Morehead City?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Morehead City?
- Yes, it is 7:14 AM.