Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2248, -87.6720
- Elevation
- 161 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 949 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charleston, Kentucky, United States
Read off the current local time in Charleston, Kentucky, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Charleston, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Charleston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Charleston.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:54 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 5:50 AM – 5:21 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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
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
- Sixth Vein — 3.0 km
- Beulah — 5.3 km
- Fiddle Bow — 5.4 km
- Dawson Springs — 5.9 km
- Ilsley — 6.1 km
- Rabbit Ridge — 7.7 km
Local time details for Charleston
Coverage of Charleston by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Charleston holds to America/Chicago time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises over Charleston today at 6:17 AM and slips away at 4:54 PM. That leaves 10 h 36 min of daylight.
Sixth Vein and Beulah lie near Charleston and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Charleston be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time reach Charleston?
- Daylight saving time in Charleston: No.
- Please give the sunset time for Charleston.
- The sun sets at 4:54 PM.