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Time in South Carolina, United States now

10:06:11AM

Tuesday, 10 March, 2026, week 11

South Carolina switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:41AM ↓ 07:28PM (11h 47m) - More info - Make South Carolina time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for South Carolina

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for South Carolina is America/New_York.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM 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	+1 hours
London	+4 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
Paris	+5 hours
Zurich	+5 hours
Cairo	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Istanbul	+7 hours
Moscow	+7 hours
Dubai	+8 hours
Mumbai	+9.5 hours
Hong Kong	+12 hours
Shanghai	+12 hours
Singapore	+12 hours
Tokyo	+13 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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

Sunrise: 07:41AM
Sunset: 07:28PM
Day length: 11h 47m
Solar noon: 01:34PM
The current local time in South Carolina is 94 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

South Carolina on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 34.00. Longitude: -81.00
Population: 5,479,000
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.