Current Local Time in Charleston, West Virginia, United States
About Charleston
Discover Charleston, which is located in United States, home to 49,736 residents, with a Latitude, Longitude of 38° 20' 59.35" N, 38° 20' 59.35" N. Today is Friday, February 21, and the city observes the Eastern Standard Time time zone. The next daylight saving time change is just 15 days away. It's 23 days away from the next major holiday, St. Patrick's Day. To view additional holidays for this year, you can reference the holiday calendar for United States.
Stay informed with the current local time in Charleston, including the exact day of the week and date. Discover detailed information about the local time zone, population, sunrise and sunset, and other interesting facts about Charleston, United States. Find everything you need to know about Charleston, including its population, time zone, currency, and dialing code for United States.
Current Date and Time Information
This year is not a leap year, so we have no extra day in February and only 365 days this year. We have 7 more days left in the month of February. We are currently on the 52nd day of the year, with 313 days remaining and so far 14.25% of the year has passed.
Key Information About Charleston
- Time Zone
- Eastern Standard Time
- Daylight Savings
- Currently not observing daylight savings
- Daylight Saving Time Begins: March 9, 2025
- On Sunday, March 9th 2025, at 02:00 AM, clocks will be turned forward by one hour to 03:00 AM. This marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Remember to adjust your clocks accordingly.
- Current UTC Offset
- UTC -05
- Country ISO 2
- US
- Country ISO 3
- USA
- Population
- 49,736
- Country Dialing Code
- +1
- Top Level Domain
- .us
- Time Zone Identifier
- America/New York
- State/Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 182 Meters or 597 Feet
- Currency Code / Name
- USD / Dollar
- Coordinates in Decimal Degrees (DD)
- Latitude: 38.34982
Longitude: -81.63262 - Coordinates in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)
- Latitude: 38° 20' 59.35" N
Longitude: 81° 37' 57.43" W - Coordinates in Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DMM)
- Latitude: 38° 20.989' N
Longitude: 81° 37.957' W - Alternate Names of Charleston
- CRW, Carlstona, Carlstonas, Carlstons, Carolopolis, Charles Town, Charleston, Charleston i Vest-Virginia, Charleston-on-the-Kanawha, Charlestown, Charlstan, Charlston, Charlstun, Clendenin's Settlement