Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.8459, -74.3412
- Elevation
- 347 m above sea level
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 494 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
The present local time in Charleston, New York, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Charleston, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Charleston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Charleston keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 10 h 02 min Night 13 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:13 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.
Mail addressed to Charleston uses 12 postal codes.
Charleston sets its clocks by America/New_York, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today's daylight in Charleston begins at 6:42 AM and finishes at 4:43 PM. The total is 10 h 02 min.
Neighbouring Glen and Oak Ridge keep the same hours as Charleston.