What time is it in North Charleston, South Carolina?

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

North Charleston sits at 32.92°N, 80.06°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in North Charleston.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over North Charleston it is highest at 1:11 pm today — 71 minutes after clock noon.

At 80.1°W, North Charleston 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 North Charleston, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 21 minutes, from 14 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 59 minutes in December.

At 32.9°N that puts North Charleston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.