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What time is it in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States

This page carries the current local time for South Charleston, West Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).

South Charleston, United States

Monday, 9 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/New_York

Local time in South Charleston

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in South Charleston.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 5:49 PM

Weather in South Charleston right now

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South Charleston and its neighbours

Kenna Homes Elk Joplin Guthrie East Side South Charleston
South Charleston at 38.3684, -81.6996 with the nearest towns within 5.4 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

South Charleston in numbers

Coordinates
38.3684, -81.6996
Elevation
183 m above sea level
Population
13 045
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 409 km away
Same name
1 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in West Virginia

Other places named South Charleston

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

About the time in South Charleston

3 postal codes describe the layout of South Charleston.

In South Charleston the time zone is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time used: No.

The sun climbs above South Charleston at 7:03 AM and dips below at 5:21 PM. Between them sit 10 h 18 min of daylight.

Time runs the same in South Charleston and in nearby North Charleston and Kenna Homes.

Questions and answers

Which time zone governs time in South Charleston?
Time in South Charleston follows the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
Is daylight saving time something to watch for in South Charleston?
No.
How do I know when the sun sets in South Charleston?
Sunset there is at 5:21 PM.
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