Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.9609, -83.3779
- Population
- 127 315
- Region
- Georgia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 789 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athens, Georgia, United States
The time in Athens, Georgia, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Athens, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Athens
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Athens keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:39 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:05 PM
Weather in Athens right now
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Athens and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04912
- 12015
- 18810
- 24712
- 30601
- 30602
- 30603
- 30604
- 30605
- 30606
- 30607
- 30608
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Georgia
- Atlanta 510 823
- Columbus 206 922
- Savannah 147 780
- South Fulton 107 436
- Sandy Springs 105 330
- Roswell 94 501
Other places named Athens
- Athens Attica, Greece
- Athens Ohio, United States
- Athens Alabama, United States
- Athens Tennessee, United States
- Athens Texas, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Clarke County — 1.5 km
- Broad Acres — 1.5 km
- Broadacres Homes — 1.9 km
- Lakewood — 3.3 km
- Greenmont — 3.4 km
- Shoalsview — 3.5 km
Athens: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise comes to Athens at 6:58 AM and sunset at 5:39 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 41 min of light.
Nearby Clarke County and Broad Acres need no separate clock from Athens.
12 postal codes divide Athens.
The zone name for Athens is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Athens listed?
- The time zone in Athens is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Athens shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Athens.
- The sun rises at 6:58 AM.