What time is it in Winston-Salem, North Carolina?

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

Winston-Salem sits at 36.10°N, 80.26°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Winston-Salem.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Winston-Salem it is highest at 1:12 pm today — 72 minutes after clock noon.

At 80.3°W, Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 55 minutes, from 14 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 42 minutes in December.

At 36.1°N that puts Winston-Salem between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.