Empire in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0864, -87.4972
- Elevation
- 157 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 938 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Empire, Kentucky, United States
Read off the current local time in Empire, Kentucky, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Empire, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Empire
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Empire, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in Empire right now
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Empire and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35063
- 43926
- 49630
- 70050
- 80438
- 89405
- 95319
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 Empire
- Empire California, United States
- Empire Louisiana, United States
- Empire Georgia, United States
- Empire Michigan, United States
- Empire Colorado, 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
- Mannington — 3.8 km
- Crofton — 4.4 km
- Mannington — 4.7 km
- Daniel Boone — 10.3 km
- Cavanaugh — 10.9 km
- Era — 11.4 km
Local time details for Empire
Today at Empire, the sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 5:55 PM. That gives 10 h 41 min of daylight.
Places close to Empire, among them Mannington and Crofton, share its time.
The postal system lists 7 codes for Empire.
The time zone here in Empire is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Empire be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Empire set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Empire: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Empire — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:14 AM, sunset at 5:55 PM.