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Time in South Carolina, United States now

02:10:05pm

Thursday, March 6, 2025

South Carolina switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 9. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:44AM ↓ 06:26PM (11h 42m) - More info - Make South Carolina time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for South Carolina

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 9 March 2025: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for South Carolina is America/New_York.

Sunday November 3 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 9 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from South Carolina

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for South Carolina

Sunrise: 06:44AM
Sunset: 06:26PM
Day length: 11h 42m
Solar noon: 12:35PM
The current local time in South Carolina is 35 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

South Carolina on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 34.00. Longitude: -81.00
Population: 4,230,000
Elevation: 90 m

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Annual average temperatures
for South Carolina 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.