What time is it in Wake Forest, North Carolina?

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

Wake Forest sits at 35.96°N, 78.51°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Wake Forest.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Wake Forest it is highest at 1:05 pm today — 65 minutes after clock noon.

At 78.5°W, Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 53 minutes, from 14 hours 36 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 43 minutes in December.

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