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Current Time in Charlotte, United States

The time in Charlotte, explained

Right now it's 10:31 pm in Charlotte — Monday, 7 September 2026. Charlotte runs on EDT (UTC-4), and the clock above updates itself every second, so what you're reading is genuinely the current time there, not a snapshot from when the page loaded.

Charlotte keeps the America/New_York time zone in the IANA database, currently UTC-4. Clocks here change twice a year: UTC-5 on standard time, and UTC-4 while daylight saving is in effect. The next change is due on 1 November 2026, when clocks move back by an hour.

Today in Charlotte, the sun comes up at 6:59 am and goes down at 7:41 pm — 12 hours 42 minutes of daylight in total, with solar noon at 1:20 pm. These figures come straight from the city's real coordinates (35.23, -80.84), so they shift by a small amount every single day of the year.

How Charlotte compares with other cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Charlotte. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Charlotte
London3:31 am5 hours ahead
Los Angeles7:31 pm3 hours behind
Dubai6:31 am8 hours ahead
Karachi7:31 am9 hours ahead
Singapore10:31 am12 hours ahead
Tokyo11:31 am13 hours ahead
Sydney12:31 pm14 hours ahead

More cities across United States

CityLocal timeOffset
New York10:31 pmUTC-4
Los Angeles7:31 pmUTC-7
Chicago9:31 pmUTC-5
Houston9:31 pmUTC-5
Phoenix7:31 pmUTC-7
Philadelphia10:31 pmUTC-4
San Antonio9:31 pmUTC-5
San Diego7:31 pmUTC-7
Dallas9:31 pmUTC-5
San Jose7:31 pmUTC-7
Austin9:31 pmUTC-5
Jacksonville10:31 pmUTC-4
San Francisco7:31 pmUTC-7
Columbus10:31 pmUTC-4
Indianapolis10:31 pmUTC-4
Seattle7:31 pmUTC-7
Denver8:31 pmUTC-6
Boston10:31 pmUTC-4
Nashville9:31 pmUTC-5
Detroit10:31 pmUTC-4
Portland7:31 pmUTC-7
Las Vegas7:31 pmUTC-7
Miami10:31 pmUTC-4
Atlanta10:31 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis9:31 pmUTC-5
New Orleans9:31 pmUTC-5
Salt Lake City8:31 pmUTC-6
Washington, D.C.10:31 pmUTC-4
Anchorage6:31 pmUTC-8
Honolulu4:31 pmUTC-10
St. Louis9:31 pmUTC-5
Kansas City9:31 pmUTC-5
Pittsburgh10:31 pmUTC-4
Cleveland10:31 pmUTC-4
Sacramento7:31 pmUTC-7
Orlando10:31 pmUTC-4
Tampa10:31 pmUTC-4
Albuquerque8:31 pmUTC-6
Boise8:31 pmUTC-6

Questions people ask

What time is it in Charlotte right now?

Right now it's 10:31:10 pm in Charlotte, on Monday, 7 September 2026. The clock at the top of the page keeps ticking on its own, so it's safe to just leave the tab open.

What time zone does Charlotte actually run on?

EDT — listed as America/New_York in the IANA database, currently sitting at UTC-4.

Does Charlotte change its clocks for daylight saving?

Yes — it alternates between UTC-5 and UTC-4, with the next change due on 1 November 2026.

How many hours ahead of UTC does Charlotte sit?

UTC-4. Add or subtract that from any UTC time and you've got the local time here.

Is Charlotte on a whole-hour offset from UTC?

Yes, which means converting to and from UTC here is just a plain addition or subtraction of whole hours.

When do the sun rise and set in Charlotte today?

Sunrise lands at 6:59 am and sunset at 7:41 pm, giving 12 hours 42 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:20 pm.

What are Charlotte's actual coordinates?

35.23 latitude, -80.84 longitude. Every sun and prayer time on this site is calculated straight from those figures, rather than from the country as a whole.

What's the date in Charlotte right now?

It's Monday, 7 September 2026 there at the moment. Once a city sits far enough away, part of every day genuinely falls on a different calendar date from your own.

What's a reasonable time to call Charlotte from abroad?

Work backward from local working hours here using the best meeting time finder, which shades every participant's working hours at once and shows which slot costs everyone the least.

How do I convert my own local time into Charlotte time?

Use the time zone converter and pick Charlotte as the destination city — it applies whichever rules were actually in force on the exact date you enter, daylight saving included.

Why does the gap to my own city seem to change across the year?

Because daylight saving doesn't start and end on the same dates everywhere, and plenty of countries skip it entirely. For a few weeks each spring and autumn, the usual gap can be an hour off from what you'd expect.

Which other places share the exact same time as Charlotte?

Anywhere currently sitting on UTC-4. The time zone map lists every country and city on each offset.

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