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Local time · Apex

What time is it in Apex, North Carolina?

4:50:49AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Eastern Standard Time · UTC−5:00 · standard time
Time zone
EST
America/New_York
UTC offset
−5:00
Standard is −5:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
75,977
City proper

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Daylight saving in Apex

Apex is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Apex sits at 35.73°N, 78.88°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Apex.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Apex it is highest at 11:59 am today — 1 minutes before clock noon.

At 78.9°W, Apex sits 16 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 16 minutes after noon.

Daylight in Apex today

Sunrise
6:49 am
Sunset
5:09 pm
Day length
10 hours 20 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 35 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 20 minutes in Apex, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 51 minutes, from 14 hours 35 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 44 minutes in December.

At 35.7°N that puts Apex between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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