Austin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.8253, -86.0191
- Elevation
- 235 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 821 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Austin, Kentucky, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Austin, Kentucky, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Austin, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Austin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Austin keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Austin right now
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Austin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16720
- 42123
- 47102
- 55912
- 72007
- 73301
- 73344
- 78701
- 78702
- 78703
- 78704
- 78705
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 Austin
- Austin Texas, United States
- Austin Minnesota, United States
- Austin Indiana, United States
- Austin Arkansas, United States
- Austin Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Nashville United States
Nearby places
- Peter Creek — 4.2 km
- Tracy — 5.3 km
- Cooktown — 7.0 km
- Lucas — 7.6 km
- Cedar Springs — 7.8 km
- Maynard — 8.0 km
Time and daylight in Austin
Nearby Peter Creek and Tracy follow the same clock as Austin.
Within Austin, postal codes number 12.
Austin stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
Daylight in Austin today runs from 6:56 AM to 6:04 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 08 min.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Austin identified?
- The time zone for Austin is identified as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Austin run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Austin: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Austin?
- Sunrise is at 6:56 AM and sunset at 6:04 PM.