Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9492, -84.3641
- Elevation
- 291 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 647 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athens, Kentucky, United States
Below is the local time in Athens, Kentucky, United States, kept in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Athens, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Athens
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Athens.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:03 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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Athens
- Athens Attica, Greece
- Athens Georgia, United States
- Athens Ohio, United States
- Athens Alabama, United States
- Athens Tennessee, 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
- Nihizertown — 4.4 km
- Chilesburg — 6.4 km
- Hootentown — 6.8 km
- Coletown — 7.2 km
- Becknerville — 7.7 km
- Lisletown — 8.6 km
About the time in Athens
Clocks in Athens are set by America/New_York and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise today in Athens lands at 7:09 AM; sunset lands at 5:35 PM. That is 10 h 26 min of light.
Athens keeps the same time as its neighbours Nihizertown and Chilesburg.
Sorting mail for Athens involves 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Athens?
- Athens uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Athens switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Athens: No.
- When does light leave Athens?
- Light leaves at 5:35 PM.