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What time is it in Elkin, Kentucky, United States

You can see the current local time of Elkin, Kentucky, United States on this page, in the America/New_York zone (−4).

Elkin, United States

8:36:52 AM

Friday, 30 October 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Elkin

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in Elkin, Kentucky.

The sun today

Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:34 AM – 7:09 PM

Weather in Elkin right now

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Elkin and its neighbours

Elkin at 37.9129, -84.2238 with the nearest towns within 8.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

28621

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.

Elkin in numbers

Coordinates: 37.9129, -84.2238
Elevation: 222 m above sea level
Region: Kentucky
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 636 km away
Same name: 3 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
Bowling Green 63 616
Owensboro 59 042

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Same time zone — America/New_York

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Nearby places

Flanagan — 2.6 km
Boonesborough — 4.2 km
Lisletown — 4.4 km
Ford — 4.7 km
Hunt — 5.6 km
Pinchem — 5.8 km

Time and daylight in Elkin

Coverage of Elkin by postal code amounts to 1 entries.

The time standard for Elkin is America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.

Today's times for Elkin: the sun is up at 8:01 AM and down at 6:42 PM. That means 10 h 41 min of daylight.

Look nearby and you will see Flanagan and Boonesborough on the same clock as Elkin.

Questions and answers

Which time zone covers Elkin?: Elkin is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
Are time changes for daylight saving made in Elkin?: Yes.
Please give the sunrise time for Elkin.: The sun rises at 8:01 AM.