Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.4962, -88.1761
- Population
- 21 196
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 962 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
You can see the current local time of Charleston, Illinois, United States on this page, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Charleston, United States
Sunday, 15 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Charleston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Charleston keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 01 min Night 13 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:08 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Today the sun rises over Charleston at 6:38 AM and sets at 4:39 PM. That is 10 h 01 min of daylight in all.
Check Charleston and you have also checked Coles County and Embarrass.
12 postal codes serve Charleston.
Charleston lies in the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−6. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.