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What time is it in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

The current local time in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.

Wake Forest, United States

12:14:11 AM

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Wake Forest

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:21 AM – 5:38 PM

Weather in Wake Forest right now

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Wake Forest and its neighbours

Wake Forest at 35.9799, -78.5097 with the nearest towns within 11.5 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

27587
27588

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.

Wake Forest in numbers

Coordinates: 35.9799, -78.5097
Elevation: 119 m above sea level
Population: 38 199
Region: North Carolina
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 349 km away
Same name: 1 more places in the world share this name

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 Wake Forest

Wake Forest Virginia, United States

Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

Forestville — 2.2 km
Purnell — 5.3 km
Wyatt — 5.6 km
Youngsville — 5.9 km
Falls — 7.7 km
Rolesville — 7.9 km

Time and daylight in Wake Forest

Daylight in Wake Forest today runs from 6:48 AM to 5:11 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 23 min.

No adjustment is needed moving between Wake Forest, Forestville and Purnell.

The number of postal codes covering Wake Forest is 2.

Wake Forest lies in the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−5. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.

Questions and answers

How is the time zone for Wake Forest identified?: The time zone for Wake Forest is identified as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
Does Wake Forest change its clocks twice a year?: Daylight saving time in Wake Forest: No.
Which time marks sunrise in Wake Forest?: 6:48 AM marks sunrise.