Joy in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3550, -88.3859
- Elevation
- 129 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1007 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Joy, Kentucky, United States
This page shows the current local time in Joy, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Joy, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Joy
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Joy.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Joy right now
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Joy and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61260
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 Joy
- Joy Illinois, United States
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- Joy Alabama, United States
- Joy Arkansas, United States
- Joy Kansas, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Carrsville — 4.8 km
- Mineral City (historical) — 6.7 km
- Fairview — 7.2 km
- Milford — 7.6 km
- Lola — 8.0 km
- Hampton — 8.1 km
About the time in Joy
There is no time difference between Joy and nearby Carrsville or Mineral City (historical).
1 postal code is attached to Joy.
Joy reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Today's daylight in Joy begins at 7:11 AM and finishes at 6:06 PM. The total is 10 h 55 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Joy based on?
- The clock in Joy is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Joy?
- Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Joy today?
- Sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 6:06 PM.