Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.8132, -79.9635
- Population
- 132 609
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 726 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charleston, South Carolina, United States
The present local time in Charleston, South Carolina, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Charleston, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Charleston
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Charleston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:38 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:57 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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
- Summerville 48 848
Other places named Charleston
- Charleston West Virginia, United States
- Charleston Illinois, United States
- Charleston Missouri, United States
- Charleston Arkansas, United States
- Charleston Mississippi, 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
- Gadsden Green Homes — 2.7 km
- Moreland — 3.4 km
- Charles Towne Village — 3.7 km
- Avondale — 3.7 km
- Ashley Forest — 3.9 km
- Saint Andrews — 4.0 km
Time and daylight in Charleston
Charleston reads its time from America/New_York, placed at UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:38 AM in Charleston and down again at 6:31 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 54 min of daylight.
The hour in Charleston is the hour in Gadsden Green Homes and Moreland as well.
Charleston contains 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Charleston listed?
- The time zone in Charleston is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Charleston?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Charleston.
- The sun rises at 7:38 AM.