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Time in Kentucky, United States now

02:01:11

Thursday, May 15, 2025, week 20

International Day of Families

Kentucky has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Frankfort is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:27 ↓ 20:45 (14h 18m) - More info - Make Kentucky time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Kentucky

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
now 5 hours behind Exeter

From 2 November 2025: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The time in Kentucky is normally 5 hours behind the time in Exeter, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Kentucky can for a short while be 4 hours behind the time in Exeter.
The IANA time zone identifier for Kentucky is America/New_York.

Sunday March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Kentucky

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
London	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 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	+14 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Kentucky

Sunrise: 06:27
Sunset: 20:45
Day length: 14h 18m
Solar noon: 13:36
The current local time in Kentucky is 96 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Kentucky on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 38.20. Longitude: -84.88
Population: 4,206,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Kentucky 1895-2021

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