Map of Apex, United States
Apex is a city in North Carolina, United States, with a population of about 45,585. It lies at 35.7326°N, 78.8503°W, about 152 m above sea level. Apex is about 386 km (240 mi) southwest of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Cary, 9 km to the northeast.
Apex at a glance
Country
Region
North Carolina
Population
45,585GeoNames
Coordinates
35.7326, -78.850335°43′58″N 78°51′01″W
Time zone
America/New_YorkUTC−05:00 / UTC−04:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
152 m (499 ft)
Distance to Washington, D.C.
386 km (240 mi)
Where is Apex?
- Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 9 h 44 min on the shortest day to 14 h 35 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Apex
- Cary — 9 km northeast
- Raleigh — 20 km east
- Chapel Hill — 27 km northwest
- Durham — 29 km north
- Wake Forest — 41 km northeast
- Burlington — 67 km northwest
- Fayetteville — 76 km south
- Wilson — 84 km east
- Goldsboro — 87 km southeast
- Greensboro — 93 km northwest
Largest cities in North Carolina
- Charlotte — 911,311
- Raleigh — 482,295
- Greensboro — 285,342
- Durham — 257,636
- Winston-Salem — 241,218
- Fayetteville — 201,963
- Cary — 159,769
- Wilmington — 115,933
- High Point — 110,268
- Asheville — 95,056
Largest cities in United States
- New York City — 8,804,190
- Los Angeles — 3,820,914
- Brooklyn — 2,736,074
- Chicago — 2,664,452
- Queens — 2,316,841
- Houston — 2,314,157
- Phoenix — 1,650,070
- Philadelphia — 1,573,916
- San Antonio — 1,526,656
- Manhattan — 1,487,536
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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.