Charleston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3498, -81.6326
- Population
- 46 838
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 404 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charleston, West Virginia, United States
This page shows local time in Charleston, West Virginia, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Charleston, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Charleston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Charleston keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 5:52 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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
- Weirton 19 175
Other places named Charleston
- Charleston South Carolina, 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
- East Side — 0.9 km
- South Ruffner — 2.3 km
- Hillsdale — 2.4 km
- Vandalia — 2.8 km
- Twomile — 3.0 km
- Elk — 3.1 km
Charleston: clock, sun and surroundings
Hours in Charleston are kept by America/New_York, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:58 AM and sunset at 5:24 PM in Charleston today. The day carries 10 h 26 min of light.
There is no time difference between Charleston and nearby East Side or South Ruffner.
Charleston spans 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Charleston?
- Time in Charleston follows the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Charleston?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Charleston?
- It disappears at 5:24 PM.