Horse Cave in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1714, -85.9120
- Elevation
- 193 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 344
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 800 km away
What time is it in Horse Cave, Kentucky, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Horse Cave, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Horse Cave, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Horse Cave
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Horse Cave keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:08 PM
Weather in Horse Cave right now
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Horse Cave and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 42749
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
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
- Bear Wallow — 5.4 km
- Cave City — 5.5 km
- Griderville — 7.5 km
- Rowletts — 7.9 km
- Uno — 8.0 km
- Goodnight — 9.1 km
About the time in Horse Cave
For Bear Wallow and Cave City near Horse Cave, the clock reads the same.
1 postal code is in use across Horse Cave.
Horse Cave adheres to America/Chicago, a UTC−6 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:16 AM and sunset at 4:41 PM in Horse Cave today. The day carries 10 h 24 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Where does Horse Cave fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Horse Cave falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Horse Cave keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Horse Cave: No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Horse Cave.
- The sun rises at 6:16 AM.