Tar River in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1999, -78.6294
- Elevation
- 102 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 331 km away
What time is it in Tar River, North Carolina, United States
You can see the current local time of Tar River, North Carolina, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Tar River, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Tar River
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Tar River keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:18 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:45 PM
Weather in Tar River right now
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Tar River and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27581 Stem — 8.3 km away
- 27522 Creedmoor — 10.0 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
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
Tar River: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal system lists 2 codes for Tar River.
Tar River keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: No.
The sun climbs above Tar River at 6:40 AM and dips below at 5:18 PM. Between them sit 10 h 38 min of daylight.
Set your clock for Tar River and it will also be right in Hester and Clay.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Tar River be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Tar River?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Tar River?
- Sunrise is at 6:40 AM and sunset at 5:18 PM.