Atchison in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3076, -85.3005
- Elevation
- 265 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 744 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
The time you see here is the local time in Atchison, Kentucky, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Atchison, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Atchison
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Atchison keeps America/New_York clock_time.
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:26 PM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:12 PM
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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.
1 codes are used to address mail in Atchison.
Standard time in Atchison comes from America/New_York and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Atchison sees the sun rise at 7:07 AM and set at 5:45 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 38 min.
For nearby Elk Horn and South Campbellsville, use the time shown for Atchison.