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What time is it in Charleston, New Jersey, United States

Check the current local time in Charleston, New Jersey, United States, which sits in the America/New_York time zone (−5).

Charleston, United States

Friday, 13 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in Charleston

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Charleston.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 03 min Night 13 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:15 PM

Weather in Charleston right now

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Charleston and its neighbours

Centerton Hartford Hainesport Cinnaminson West Moorestown Birchfield Charleston
Charleston at 40.0390, -74.8913 with the nearest towns within 12.1 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Charleston in numbers

Coordinates
40.0390, -74.8913
Elevation
8 m above sea level
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 224 km away
Same name
32 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in New Jersey

Other places named Charleston

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

Charleston: clock, sun and surroundings

The number of postal codes covering Charleston is 12.

In Charleston the time zone is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time used: No.

The day begins at Charleston with sunrise at 6:44 AM and ends with sunset at 4:47 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 03 min.

The clock in nearby Centerton and Bougher follows Charleston.

Questions and answers

Which time zone does Charleston use?
Charleston uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −5.
Will the time in Charleston move forward or back for daylight saving?
Daylight saving time in Charleston: No.
Can you tell me the sunset time in Charleston?
In Charleston the sun sets at 4:47 PM.
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