What time is it in High Point, North Carolina?

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

High Point sits at 35.99°N, 79.99°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in High Point.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over High Point it is highest at 1:11 pm today — 71 minutes after clock noon.

At 80.0°W, High Point 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 High Point, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 54 minutes, from 14 hours 36 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 43 minutes in December.

At 36.0°N that puts High Point between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.