Orange County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0613, -79.1206
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 365 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Orange County, North Carolina, United States
The time now in Orange County, North Carolina, United States is shown here, following the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Orange County, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Orange County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Orange County, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:26 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Orange County right now
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Orange County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27599 Chapel Hill — 1.5 km away
- 27278 Hillsborough — 3.1 km away
- 27243 Efland — 6.9 km away
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 Orange County
- Orange County California, United States
- Orange County Florida, United States
- Orange County Indiana, United States
- Orange County New York, United States
- Orange County Texas, United States
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
- Dimmocks Mill — 0.9 km
- West Hillsborough — 1.5 km
- Cornwallis Hills — 2.2 km
- Hillsborough — 2.4 km
- Garland Acres — 2.8 km
- Fairview — 2.9 km
Local time details for Orange County
Orange County keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−4, with daylight saving time Yes.
Orange County gets its sunrise at 7:36 AM and its sunset at 6:26 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 50 min.
Look nearby and you will see Dimmocks Mill and West Hillsborough on the same clock as Orange County.
Orange County works with 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Orange County?
- The time zone covering Orange County is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Orange County?
- Yes.
- What time does the day end in Orange County?
- The sun sets at 6:26 PM.