Tar Heel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7332, -78.7900
- Elevation
- 39 m above sea level
- Population
- 146
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 488 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Tar Heel, North Carolina, United States
This page reports the local time in Tar Heel, North Carolina, United States, set by the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Tar Heel, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Tar Heel
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Tar Heel.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Tar Heel right now
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Tar Heel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28392
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 Tar Heel
- Tar Heel Kentucky, 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
- Newlight — 3.4 km
- Mayville Crossing — 5.6 km
- Burney — 6.6 km
- Duart — 7.2 km
- White Oak — 7.7 km
- Tolarsville — 8.1 km
About the time in Tar Heel
The same hours are kept in Tar Heel and in nearby Newlight and Mayville Crossing.
1 postal code is current for Tar Heel.
Local clocks in Tar Heel answer to America/New_York, set UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Morning light reaches Tar Heel at 6:43 AM, and the sun sets at 5:17 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 33 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Tar Heel?
- The time zone name used for Tar Heel is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Tar Heel use summer time?
- No.
- When does light arrive in Tar Heel?
- Light arrives at 6:43 AM.