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Charlotte

UTC−4

United States · EDT

Summer
20:43:17Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:06↓ 20:4224:00
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
20:42
Daylight
14.6hrs
Population
880K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Charlotte, United States runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Charlotte and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Charlotte lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Charlotte and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Charlotte lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Charlotte and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Charlotte.

Practical Info

Charlotte (United States) is home to roughly 880K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 20:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 35° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington, D.C.

Continent

North America

Time Zone

EDT · America/New_York

Coordinates

35.23°N, 80.84°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

America's Second Banking Centre

Charlotte holds the headquarters of one of the largest US banks and ranks second only to New York in American banking assets. Before that it was a gold town — the first US gold rush started nearby in 1799, half a century before California.

The clock: Charlotte keeps Eastern Time and sits near the western edge of the zone, which pushes its summer sunsets past 20:40.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
CharlotteUTC−4
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
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