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

The exact time in Raeford, North Carolina, United States is given here, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).

Raeford, United States

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Raeford

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Raeford, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:18 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:45 PM

Weather in Raeford right now

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Raeford and its neighbours

Hillcrest Hoke County Gold Hill Bowmore Arabia Johnsons Mill Antioch Raeford
Raeford at 34.9810, -79.2242 with the nearest towns within 10.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Raeford in numbers

Coordinates
34.9810, -79.2242
Elevation
80 m above sea level
Population
4 860
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 477 km away

Largest cities in North Carolina

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

About the time in Raeford

Sunrise today is 6:46 AM in Raeford, with sunset at 5:18 PM. That works out to 10 h 32 min of light.

Raeford, Silver City and Saunders all run on one and the same time.

Raeford includes 1 postal code.

The zone in force in Raeford is America/New_York, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: No.

Questions and answers

Which time zone is assigned to Raeford?
The time zone assigned to Raeford is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Raeford?
No.
When is the sun down in Raeford?
The sun goes down at 5:18 PM.
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