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Time in Kentucky, United States now

05:18:16PM

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Kentucky has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Frankfort is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:54AM ↓ 05:41PM (9h 47m) - More info - Make Kentucky time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Kentucky

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Kentucky is America/New_York.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Kentucky

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Kentucky

Sunrise: 07:54AM
Sunset: 05:41PM
Day length: 9h 47m
Solar noon: 12:48PM
The current local time in Kentucky is 48 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.