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Time in Kentucky, United States now

07:24:39AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Kentucky has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Frankfort is used here.
Sun: ↑ 08:01AM ↓ 06:46PM (10h 45m) - More info - Make Kentucky time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Kentucky

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
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 02:00AM to 03:00AM 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 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Kentucky

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
London	+4 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
Paris	+5 hours
Zurich	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+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	+15 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Kentucky

Sunrise: 08:01AM
Sunset: 06:46PM
Day length: 10h 45m
Solar noon: 01:23PM
The current local time in Kentucky is 83 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.