What time is it in Elizabeth City, North Carolina?

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

Elizabeth City sits at 36.29°N, 76.24°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Elizabeth City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Elizabeth City it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.

At 76.2°W, Elizabeth City 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 Elizabeth City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 57 minutes, from 14 hours 38 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 41 minutes in December.

At 36.3°N that puts Elizabeth City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.