Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7223, -86.5772
- Elevation
- 216 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 787
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 872 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Kentucky, United States
The current local time in Franklin, Kentucky, United States — time zone America/Chicago (−5) — is shown right here.
Franklin, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Franklin, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, 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
- Simpson County — 2.2 km
- Flat Rock — 5.3 km
- Salmons — 6.4 km
- Peden Mill — 6.5 km
- Schweizer — 7.6 km
- Black Jack — 7.7 km
About the time in Franklin
Clocks in Franklin take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:06 AM today in Franklin, with the sun setting at 5:56 PM. That leaves 10 h 51 min of light.
The time given for Franklin holds for nearby Simpson County and Flat Rock too.
Every address in Franklin sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Franklin?
- The time zone that includes Franklin is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks change in Franklin during the year?
- Daylight saving in Franklin: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Franklin?
- It appears at 7:06 AM.