Hector in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1531, -83.6538
- Elevation
- 294 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 611 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hector, Kentucky, United States
Right now in Hector, Kentucky, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Hector, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Hector
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Hector, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:57 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 7:30 AM – 7:09 PM
Weather in Hector right now
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Hector and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14841
- 55342
- 72843
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 Hector
- Hector Minnesota, United States
- Hector Arkansas, United States
- Hector West Coast, New Zealand
- Hector Queensland, Australia
- Hector Pennsylvania, 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
- Red Star (historical) — 3.7 km
- Clay County — 5.4 km
- Peabody — 5.8 km
- Eriline — 6.7 km
- Spurlock — 6.7 km
- Big Creek — 7.6 km
Local time details for Hector
The mail network in Hector covers 3 codes.
Hector runs on America/New_York, which sits UTC−4 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Daylight in Hector today runs from 7:57 AM to 6:42 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 45 min.
The time given for Hector holds for nearby Red Star (historical) and Clay County too.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Hector?
- The entry corresponding to Hector is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks change in Hector during the year?
- Daylight saving in Hector: Yes.
- When does the sun come up in Hector?
- Sunrise in Hector is at 7:57 AM.