Current time in Raleigh, United States
The current local time in Raleigh is shown below. Raleigh 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?
What's the timezone history of Raleigh?
Raleigh uses Eastern Time and observes federal DST alongside the rest of North Carolina. The city's position around 78.6 degrees west places solar noon close to 13:15 local time during DST, several minutes after the clock reading. The South Carolina border around 130 kilometres south produces no time change. The next zone change to the west is in Tennessee, where the Eastern-Central boundary runs roughly through Chattanooga and Knoxville. The federal DST schedule applies uniformly.
What are the working hours in Raleigh?
Raleigh's working economy is anchored by the state government employment around the capitol, the substantial Research Triangle technology and biotechnology cluster (IBM, Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, and many smaller firms), and the higher-education sector around North Carolina State University. Office hours run 08:30 to 17:00 in conventional sectors. The annual Hopscotch Music Festival in early September and the State Fair in mid-October are the major cultural events. NC State's football and basketball seasons produce substantial visitor traffic in autumn and winter.
Where is Raleigh?
Raleigh sits in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina, the state capital and one of the three vertices of the Research Triangle alongside Durham and Chapel Hill. The metropolitan area holds around 1.5 million residents, the second-largest in North Carolina after Charlotte. The geography is gently rolling Piedmont at around 100 metres elevation, with the Neuse River running through the eastern part of the city. The municipal area extends around 30 kilometres north-south. The Research Triangle Park, midway between Raleigh and Durham, anchors a substantial technology and pharmaceutical research cluster.