Decatur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1254, -84.9980
- Elevation
- 246 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 724 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Decatur, Kentucky, United States
This page keeps the current time in Decatur, Kentucky, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Decatur, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Decatur
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Decatur keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 5:44 AM – 5:05 PM
Weather in Decatur right now
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Decatur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30030
- 30031
- 30032
- 30033
- 30034
- 30035
- 30036
- 30037
- 35601
- 35602
- 35603
- 35609
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 Decatur
- Decatur Illinois, United States
- Decatur Alabama, United States
- Decatur Georgia, United States
- Decatur Indiana, United States
- Decatur Texas, 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
- Honey Acre — 2.5 km
- Luttrell (historical) — 3.0 km
- Sycamore Flat — 4.0 km
- Fonthill — 4.6 km
- Webbs Cross Roads — 5.2 km
- Jericho — 6.3 km
About the time in Decatur
Mail addressed to Decatur uses 12 postal codes.
Local clocks in Decatur follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−6. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
The sky over Decatur lightens at 6:12 AM and the sun sets at 4:38 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 27 min today.
Time runs the same in Decatur and in nearby Honey Acre and Luttrell (historical).
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Decatur?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Decatur and has an offset of −6.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Decatur?
- No.
- What time will the sun rise in Decatur today?
- Today it rises at 6:12 AM.