What time is it in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina?

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

Hilton Head Island sits at 32.19°N, 80.74°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hilton Head Island.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hilton Head Island it is highest at 1:14 pm today — 74 minutes after clock noon.

At 80.7°W, Hilton Head Island 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 3 minutes in Hilton Head Island, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 13 minutes, from 14 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 2 minutes in December.

At 32.2°N that puts Hilton Head Island between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.