Current time in Asheville, United States
The current local time in Asheville is shown below. Asheville observes EST in winter and EDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Standard abbreviation
- EST
- DST abbreviation
- EDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Asheville?
Asheville uses Eastern Time alongside the rest of North Carolina. The federal DST schedule applies. The mountainous longitude around 82.5 degrees west places wall time slightly behind mean solar noon. Tennessee immediately west crosses into Eastern Time at the Chattanooga area but switches to Central further west, producing a regional timezone landscape relevant to logistics and commuter travel across the southern Appalachian range. The high elevation moderates summer evening temperatures regardless of clock changes.
What are the working hours in Asheville?
Healthcare (Mission Health), tourism, breweries (Asheville is among the highest per-capita breweries-per-city counts in the US), and a substantial arts and crafts sector centred on the River Arts District anchor employment. Office hours run 09:00 to 17:30. The substantial influx of remote workers and second-home buyers during the 2020s has reshaped the local housing market. Bele Chere through 2013 was the city's principal civic festival; the contemporary calendar centres on the Mountain State Fair in September and seasonal craft and food events year-round.
Where is Asheville?
Asheville sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, at around 670 metres elevation. The city proper holds around 95,000 residents and the wider Asheville metropolitan area roughly 470,000. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the United States, lies around 60 kilometres west. The Blue Ridge Parkway, the most visited unit of the National Park System, runs immediately south. The French Broad River, one of the few major rivers flowing northward in the United States, runs through the city centre.