Ghent in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.7340, -85.0614
- Elevation
- 148 m above sea level
- Population
- 320
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 695 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ghent, Kentucky, United States
This page keeps the current time in Ghent, Kentucky, United States, according to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Ghent, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ghent
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ghent, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:02 PM
Weather in Ghent right now
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Ghent and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12075
- 25843
- 41045
- 56239
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 Ghent
- Ghent New York, United States
- Ghent West Virginia, United States
- Ghent Minnesota, United States
- Ghent Maine, United States
- Ghent Ohio, 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
- Vevay — 1.6 km
- Rockville (historical) — 4.5 km
- Long Run — 5.3 km
- Easterday — 6.6 km
- Mount Sterling — 7.0 km
- Markland — 8.4 km
Time and daylight in Ghent
Locations in Ghent are covered by 4 postal codes.
Ghent runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Daylight in Ghent today runs from 7:16 AM to 5:34 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 19 min.
The same local time applies in Ghent, Vevay and Rockville (historical).
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Ghent?
- The designation used for Ghent is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Ghent?
- Daylight saving time in Ghent: No.
- What time does the day end in Ghent?
- The sun sets at 5:34 PM.