Benson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.2070, -84.9594
- Elevation
- 183 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 693 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Benson, Kentucky, United States
Look up the current time in Benson, Kentucky, United States, which follows the America/New_York zone (−5).
Benson, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Benson
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Benson, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:04 PM
Weather in Benson right now
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Benson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05731
- 21018
- 27504
- 56215
- 61516
- 85602
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 Benson
- Benson England, United Kingdom
- Benson Arizona, United States
- Benson North Carolina, United States
- Benson Minnesota, United States
- Benson Utah, 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
- Bryant — 3.7 km
- Roberts (historical) — 3.8 km
- Mount Zion (historical) — 3.8 km
- Kennebec — 4.1 km
- Glore (historical) — 4.6 km
- Choateville — 4.6 km
Benson: clock, sun and surroundings
For Bryant and Mount Zion (historical) near Benson, the clock reads the same.
The mail network in Benson covers 6 codes.
Benson is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
Sun-up in Benson is 7:13 AM today and sun-down is 5:36 PM. That gap holds 10 h 23 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Is Benson in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Benson is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Benson?
- Daylight saving in Benson: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Benson?
- The hour is 5:36 PM.