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
This page keeps the current time in Austin, Kentucky, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Austin, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Austin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Austin keeps America/Chicago time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:19 Solar noon 12:44 Sunset 19:10 Daylight 12 h 52 min Night 11 h 08 min Civil twilight 05:52 – 19:37
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
Today in Austin, daylight opens at 06:19 and closes at 19:10. That span measures 12 h 52 min.
The same hours are kept in Austin and in nearby Tracy and Cooktown.
Austin contains 12 postal codes.
Austin stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
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 06:19 and sunset at 19:10.