Wake County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7901, -78.6502
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 374 km away
What time is it in Wake County, North Carolina, United States
The current hour and minute in Wake County, North Carolina, United States are shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Wake County, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Wake County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Wake County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:18 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Wake County right now
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Wake County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27605 Raleigh — 0.3 km away
- 27608 Raleigh — 2.0 km away
- 27697 Raleigh — 2.3 km away
- 27635 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27699 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27636 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27640 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27650 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27656 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27658 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27661 Raleigh — 2.4 km away
- 27668 Raleigh — 2.4 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
- Cameron Park — 0.7 km
- Oberlin — 1.0 km
- Boylan Heights — 1.6 km
- Country Club Houses — 2.3 km
- Raleigh — 2.3 km
- Budleigh — 3.0 km
Wake County: clock, sun and surroundings
Mail addressed to Wake County uses 12 postal codes.
Wake County tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises over Wake County today at 6:41 AM and slips away at 5:18 PM. That leaves 10 h 37 min of daylight.
Both Cameron Park and Oberlin are near Wake County and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Wake County?
- The designation used for Wake County is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Wake County switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Wake County: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Wake County.
- The sunset hour is 5:18 PM.