Kentucky Timezone
Kentucky is not one timezone. Live clocks: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Paducah. Default face: Eastern Time (EDT, UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer).
Kentucky uses Eastern Time (EDT, UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer). Louisville and Lexington are Eastern Time. Western Kentucky is Central.
Kentucky matches New York’s clock. When it is noon in Kentucky it is 9 a.m. in Los Angeles in January. When it is noon in Kentucky it is 5 p.m. in London all year.
Kentucky is about 43 minutes of solar time west of the Eastern Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
In mid-January the sun rises about 40 minutes later here than in New York.
Sunrise and sunset in Kentucky
The longest mid-month day we list is June (14 h 49 m, sunrise 6:20 a.m.). The shortest is December at 9 h 31 m, with the sun up around 7:53 a.m..
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:59 a.m. | 5:46 p.m. | 9 h 47 m |
| February | 7:35 a.m. | 6:21 p.m. | 10 h 46 m |
| March | 7:56 a.m. | 7:50 p.m. | 11 h 54 m |
| April | 7:09 a.m. | 8:19 p.m. | 13 h 10 m |
| May | 6:33 a.m. | 8:47 p.m. | 14 h 14 m |
| June | 6:20 a.m. | 9:08 p.m. | 14 h 49 m |
| July | 6:32 a.m. | 9:07 p.m. | 14 h 35 m |
| August | 6:58 a.m. | 8:39 p.m. | 13 h 41 m |
| September | 7:25 a.m. | 7:54 p.m. | 12 h 29 m |
| October | 7:52 a.m. | 7:07 p.m. | 11 h 15 m |
| November | 7:24 a.m. | 5:32 p.m. | 10 h 08 m |
| December | 7:53 a.m. | 5:24 p.m. | 9 h 31 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
More than one timezone in Kentucky
Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Paducah — those cards are different civil times. The large face is the default for Kentucky (Eastern Time).
Cities near Kentucky
The live clock is the same TabClock face as the homepage.