Cooktown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.8348, -85.9408
- Elevation
- 240 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 814 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cooktown, Kentucky, United States
This page shows the time of day in Cooktown, Kentucky, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Cooktown, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cooktown
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Cooktown, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:45 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:45 AM – 5:12 PM
Weather in Cooktown right now
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Cooktown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 42131 Etoile — 3.2 km away
- 42123 Austin — 4.7 km away
- 42156 Lucas — 10.1 km away
- 42133 Fountain Run — 12.8 km away
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 Cooktown
- Cooktown Queensland, Australia
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Louisiana, United States
- Cooktown North Carolina, 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
About the time in Cooktown
Addressing within Cooktown draws on 4 postal codes.
The zone covering Cooktown is called America/Chicago and stands at UTC−6. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:12 AM in Cooktown and goes down at 4:45 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 34 min.
Same time, different place: Dry Fork and Etoile near Cooktown.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Cooktown?
- The clock in Cooktown follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Cooktown stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Cooktown: No.
- What is the local sunrise time in Cooktown?
- Local sunrise is 6:12 AM.