Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2484, -84.8907
- Elevation
- 263 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 711 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athens, Kentucky, United States
Look up the current time in Athens, Kentucky, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−4).
Athens, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Athens
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Athens, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 7:34 AM – 7:15 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
- Gilpin — 1.2 km
- Cantown — 2.4 km
- Labascus — 3.5 km
- Poplar Springs (historical) — 4.6 km
- Evona — 6.3 km
- Lawhorn Hill — 6.6 km
Athens: clock, sun and surroundings
The area of Athens is divided into 12 postal codes.
Athens uses the America/New_York time zone with a UTC−4 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Sun-up in Athens is 8:01 AM today and sun-down is 6:48 PM. That gap holds 10 h 47 min of daylight.
Gilpin and Cantown sit close to Athens and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Athens?
- Athens uses the America/New_York time zone, which has an offset of −4.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Athens?
- Daylight saving time in Athens: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Athens?
- It is 8:01 AM.