The Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9474, -79.0859
- Elevation
- 144 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 374 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Highlands, North Carolina, United States
Find the present-moment local time in The Highlands, North Carolina, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
The Highlands, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Highlands
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in The Highlands.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in The Highlands right now
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The Highlands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27516 Chapel Hill — 3.7 km away
- 27510 Carrboro — 4.7 km away
- 27515 Chapel Hill — 4.7 km away
- 27514 Chapel Hill — 5.3 km away
- 27517 Chapel Hill — 8.1 km away
- 27599 Chapel Hill — 11.8 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 The Highlands
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Same time zone — America/New_York
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- Manhattan United States
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Nearby places
- Fox Meadows — 1.0 km
- Barrington Hills — 1.8 km
- Glen Heights — 2.2 km
- Calvander — 2.2 km
- Eubanks — 2.7 km
- Ashley Forest — 2.8 km
Local time details for The Highlands
6 postal codes cover the territory of The Highlands.
The Highlands operates on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
Today's schedule for The Highlands: sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 6:37 PM. That gives 11 h 10 min of daylight.
Close by, Fox Meadows and Barrington Hills keep time with The Highlands.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in The Highlands?
- Use America/New_York to show the time in The Highlands; its offset is −4.
- Are daylight saving rules used in The Highlands?
- Daylight saving time in The Highlands: Yes.
- What time is last light in The Highlands?
- The sun sets at 6:37 PM.