What time is it in Cary, North Carolina?

Cary is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Cary sits at 35.78°N, 78.82°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cary.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Cary it is highest at 1:06 pm today — 66 minutes after clock noon.

At 78.8°W, Cary sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Cary, 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 35.8°N that puts Cary between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.