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What time is it in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States

This is the current time in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).

Bowling Green, United States

1:25:00 PM

Sunday, 18 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Bowling Green

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Bowling Green.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 6:33 PM

Weather in Bowling Green right now

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Bowling Green and its neighbours

Bowling Green at 36.9903, -86.4436 with the nearest towns within 5.0 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

22427
22428
29703
33834
42101
42102
42103
42104
43402
43403
47833
63334

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.

Bowling Green in numbers

Coordinates: 36.9903, -86.4436
Elevation: 161 m above sea level
Population: 63 616
Region: Kentucky
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 851 km away
Same name: 16 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Kentucky

Louisville 624 444
Lexington 320 347
Lexington-Fayette 314 488
Meads 288 649
Owensboro 59 042
Covington 40 997

Other places named Bowling Green

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Bowling Green Maryland, United States

Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Warren County — 1.8 km
Delafield — 2.3 km
Briarwood Manor — 2.9 km
Crestmoor — 3.0 km
Indian Hills — 3.4 km
Eastland Park — 3.5 km

Local time details for Bowling Green

In Bowling Green the sun rises today at 6:57 AM and sets again at 6:07 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 10 min of the day.

Bowling Green and its neighbours Warren County and Delafield keep one clock.

Mail delivery in Bowling Green relies on 12 postal codes.

The zone in force in Bowling Green is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: Yes.

Questions and answers

What time zone label is used for Bowling Green?: The time zone label used for Bowling Green is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Is the hour in Bowling Green changed for daylight saving at any time of year?: Yes.
How early in the evening does the sun set in Bowling Green?: It sets at 6:07 PM.