Time in Charleston

Central Standard Time (CST, UTC-6)

Current local time: 01:30

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-5.

Current local time in Charleston: · 12 Nov 2026

Charleston time zone

Time zone
CST · UTC-6standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 123 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Charleston uses Central Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Charleston

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Charleston
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London6 h aheadCompare Charleston and London
New York1 h aheadCompare Charleston and New York
Los Angeles-1 day2 h behindCompare Charleston and Los Angeles
Berlin7 h aheadCompare Charleston and Berlin
Dubai10 h aheadCompare Charleston and Dubai
New Delhi11 h 30 min aheadCompare Charleston and New Delhi
Singapore14 h aheadCompare Charleston and Singapore
Tokyo15 h aheadCompare Charleston and Tokyo
Sydney17 h aheadCompare Charleston and Sydney
Copenhagen7 h aheadCompare Charleston and Copenhagen

Sun in Charleston today

Daylight
06:3310h 6m16:39

10h 6m today - 4h 51m less than the longest day and 0h 44m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in Illinois

Holidays

  1. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 14 days

    National

  2. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 43 days

    Nationallong weekend

  3. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 50 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Monday · in 67 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Lincoln’s Birthday

    Friday · in 92 days

    ILlong weekend

Nearby cities

Nearby

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Charleston in?
Charleston is in Central Standard Time (CST/CDT), America/Chicago. Standard time is UTC-6.
02Does Charleston use daylight saving time?
Yes. Charleston changes between UTC-6 and UTC-5 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Charleston and UTC?
Charleston is UTC-6 in standard time and UTC-5 during daylight saving time.

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