Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5909, -91.5313
- Elevation
- 214 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1252 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charleston, Iowa, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Charleston, Iowa, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Charleston, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Charleston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Charleston, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Charleston right now
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Charleston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04422
- 25301
- 25302
- 25304
- 25305
- 25306
- 25311
- 25312
- 25313
- 25314
- 25315
- 25317
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.
Largest cities in Iowa
- Des Moines 214 133
- Cedar Rapids 130 405
- Davenport 102 582
- Sioux City 82 821
- Iowa City 74 220
- Waterloo 68 460
Other places named Charleston
- Charleston South Carolina, United States
- Charleston West Virginia, United States
- Charleston Illinois, United States
- Charleston Missouri, United States
- Charleston Arkansas, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- New Boston — 4.0 km
- Donnellson — 6.4 km
- Bricker — 6.6 km
- Lee County — 7.2 km
- Argyle — 7.2 km
- Jeffersonville (historical) — 7.5 km
Time and daylight in Charleston
In Charleston the time zone is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: No.
Today in Charleston, daylight opens at 6:40 AM and closes at 5:02 PM. That span measures 10 h 22 min.
Neighbouring New Boston and Donnellson sit in the same time as Charleston.
The full list of postal codes for Charleston runs to 12.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Charleston?
- The time zone designation for Charleston is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Charleston keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Charleston: No.
- Sunset in Charleston is at what time?
- At 5:02 PM.