What time is it in Anderson, South Carolina?

Anderson is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Anderson sits at 34.52°N, 82.64°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Anderson.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Anderson it is highest at 1:22 pm today — 82 minutes after clock noon.

At 82.6°W, Anderson sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Anderson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 38 minutes, from 14 hours 28 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 50 minutes in December.

At 34.5°N that puts Anderson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.