Nags Head in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9574, -75.6241
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 908
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 350 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nags Head, North Carolina, United States
This is the current time in Nags Head, North Carolina, United States, shown for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Nags Head, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Nags Head
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nags Head, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:26 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Nags Head right now
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Nags Head and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27959
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 Nags Head
- Nags Head Leinster, Ireland
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
- Sound Side — 0.9 km
- Whalebone — 5.4 km
- Mother Vineyard — 5.9 km
- Manteo — 7.2 km
- Roanoac (historical) — 7.8 km
- California — 7.8 km
Nags Head: clock, sun and surroundings
The day begins at Nags Head with sunrise at 7:12 AM and ends with sunset at 6:26 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 14 min.
The same local time applies in Nags Head, Sound Side and Whalebone.
Nags Head is split into 1 postal code areas.
The time standard for Nags Head is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Nags Head?
- Yes, Nags Head uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Is the offset in Nags Head changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Sunset in Nags Head is at what time?
- At 6:26 PM.