Canaan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8932, -81.9321
- Elevation
- 218 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 622 km away
- Same name
- 54 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Canaan, South Carolina, United States
See the local time in Canaan, South Carolina, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Canaan, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Canaan
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Canaan.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:44 PM Daylight 11 h 02 min Night 12 h 58 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:09 PM
Weather in Canaan right now
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Canaan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03741
- 04924
- 05903
- 06018
- 12029
- 47224
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 Canaan
- Canaan Maine, United States
- Canaan Connecticut, United States
- Canaan New Hampshire, United States
- Canaan Vermont, United States
- Canaan Oaxaca, Mexico
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
- Raynell — 1.3 km
- South Meadows Farms — 2.9 km
- Smiths Tavern — 3.3 km
- Woodwind — 3.3 km
- Arkwright — 3.4 km
- Roebuck — 3.5 km
About the time in Canaan
Across Canaan, 6 postal codes are recorded.
Clocks in Canaan take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sun-up in Canaan is 7:42 AM today and sun-down is 6:44 PM. That gap holds 11 h 02 min of daylight.
Neighbouring places Raynell and South Meadows Farms run on Canaan time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Canaan use?
- Canaan uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Canaan shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Canaan?
- Today the sun sets at 6:44 PM.