Cairo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.7081, -87.6459
- Elevation
- 142 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 935 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cairo, Kentucky, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Cairo, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cairo, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cairo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cairo keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Cairo right now
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Cairo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12413
- 26337
- 39827
- 39828
- 45820
- 62914
- 65239
- 68824
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 Cairo
- Cairo Cairo, Egypt
- Cairo Georgia, United States
- Cairo Illinois, United States
- Cairo New York, United States
- Cairo Nebraska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Rock Springs — 2.1 km
- Tunnel Hill — 2.7 km
- Dixie — 4.7 km
- Corydon — 6.4 km
- Poole — 7.5 km
- Wilson — 8.1 km
Cairo: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun rises today at 7:12 AM in Cairo and sets at 5:59 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 48 min.
The time given for Cairo holds for nearby Rock Springs and Tunnel Hill too.
The mail network in Cairo covers 8 codes.
The time zone used in Cairo is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Cairo's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Cairo's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Cairo?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Cairo?
- In Cairo the sun sets at 5:59 PM.