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What time is it in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States

The time you see here is the local time in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).

Lancaster, United States

3:38:14 AM

Saturday, 17 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Lancaster

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Lancaster.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:13 PM

Weather in Lancaster right now

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Lancaster and its neighbours

Lancaster at 34.7204, -80.7709 with the nearest towns within 4.8 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

01523
03584
14086
17601
17602
17603
17604
17605
17606
17607
17608
17611

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.

Lancaster in numbers

Coordinates: 34.7204, -80.7709
Elevation: 173 m above sea level
Population: 8 956
Region: South Carolina
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 571 km away
Same name: 37 more places in the world share this name

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 Lancaster

Lancaster California, United States
Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
Lancaster England, United Kingdom
Lancaster Ohio, United States
Lancaster Texas, United States

Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

Lancaster Mill — 2.5 km
Gregwood — 2.9 km
Crocketts Crossroad — 3.5 km
Greenbriar — 3.8 km
Cloisters — 4.3 km
Gooch Crossroad — 4.3 km

Local time details for Lancaster

Neighbouring Lancaster Mill and Gregwood keep the same hours as Lancaster.

Lancaster appears under 12 postal codes.

Time zone for Lancaster: America/New_York, running at UTC−4. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.

In Lancaster the sun rises today at 7:31 AM and sets again at 6:48 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 16 min of the day.

Questions and answers

What time zone does local time in Lancaster follow?: Local time in Lancaster follows America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Are time changes for daylight saving made in Lancaster?: Yes.
Which time marks sunrise in Lancaster?: 7:31 AM marks sunrise.