United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Raleigh, United States runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Raleigh and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Raleigh lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Raleigh and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Raleigh lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Raleigh and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Raleigh.
Practical Info
Raleigh (United States) is home to roughly 470K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 20:36. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/New_York
Coordinates
35.78°N, 78.64°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Research Triangle Park, between Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, opened in 1959 and covers about 28 square kilometres — one of the largest research parks in the world, anchored by three universities.
The clock: Raleigh keeps Eastern Time. North Carolina's state capital was deliberately sited on empty land in 1792, so it could belong to nobody in particular.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap