Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1202, -77.3755
- Elevation
- 24 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 310 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charleston, North Carolina, United States
Current local time for Charleston, North Carolina, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Charleston, United States
Monday, 9 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 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:08 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:35 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Edwards Fork — 1.2 km
- Braswells Crossroads — 4.0 km
- Scotland Neck — 4.1 km
- Palmyra — 6.3 km
- Norfleet — 7.3 km
- Mullins Crossroads — 8.9 km
Local time details for Charleston
There are 12 postal code zones in Charleston.
Charleston keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time No.
Charleston gets its sunrise at 6:41 AM and its sunset at 5:08 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 27 min.
Around Charleston, places such as Edwards Fork and Braswells Crossroads use the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Charleston based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Charleston is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Charleston?
- No.
- When does daylight end in Charleston?
- Daylight ends at 5:08 PM.