Alston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2435, -81.3168
- Elevation
- 74 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 643 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alston, South Carolina, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Alston, South Carolina, United States, which uses America/New_York (−5).
Alston, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Alston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alston.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:27 AM – 5:53 PM
Weather in Alston right now
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Alston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30412
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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
Other places named Alston
- Alston England, United Kingdom
- Alston Georgia, United States
- Alston New South Wales, Australia
- Alston Clarendon, Jamaica
- Alston Michigan, 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
- Peak — 0.7 km
- Parr — 2.9 km
- Jenkinsville — 3.7 km
- Lattakoo (historical) — 5.1 km
- Wallaceville — 6.9 km
- Chapin — 9.1 km
Time and daylight in Alston
Local time in Alston comes from the America/New_York zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Alston at 6:54 AM and leaves it at 5:27 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 33 min.
Near Alston you can add Peak and Parr, both on the same time.
There is 1 postal code assigned to Alston.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Alston?
- The time zone setting that matches Alston is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Alston set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Alston: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Alston?
- Sunrise there is at 6:54 AM.