Sunset & Sunrise Today in Charleston, South Carolina

On Sunday, August 30, 2026, the sun sets over Charleston at 7:46 PM, having risen at 6:53 AM. That works out to 12h 53m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Charleston at 1:20 PM.

Sitting at 32.78° latitude puts Charleston in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 54 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Charleston move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Charleston this evening is roughly 7:14 PM–8:02 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:02 PM to 8:12 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Charleston is at 7:45 PM and sunrise at 6:54 AM — about 1m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Charleston drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Charleston, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Charleston ranges from as early as 5:12 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 18m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 59m.