Covington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0334, -84.5166
- Population
- 40 997
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 647 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Covington, Kentucky, United States
This page shows the current local time in Covington, Kentucky, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Covington, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Covington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Covington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:57 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:50 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 7:30 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Covington right now
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Covington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16917
- 24426
- 30014
- 30015
- 30016
- 38019
- 41011
- 41012
- 41014
- 41016
- 41019
- 45318
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 Covington
- Covington Washington, United States
- Covington Georgia, United States
- Covington Louisiana, United States
- Covington Tennessee, United States
- Covington Virginia, 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
- Lakeview — 1.2 km
- Latonia — 1.8 km
- Sanfordtown — 1.9 km
- Kenton Vale — 2.0 km
- Fort Wright — 2.5 km
- Maurice — 2.7 km
About the time in Covington
Coverage of Covington by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Covington is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Covington at 7:57 AM and departs at 6:50 PM. It lasts 10 h 53 min today.
The hours shown for Covington apply equally in Lakeview and Latonia.
Questions and answers
- Can Covington's time zone be given as America/New_York?
- Yes, Covington's time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the offset in Covington changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Covington?
- The hour is 7:57 AM.