Kansas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.9017, -88.7284
- Elevation
- 151 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1049 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kansas, Kentucky, United States
The local time of Kansas, Kentucky, United States is presented here, in line with the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Kansas, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Kansas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Kansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:27 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:20 PM
Weather in Kansas right now
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Kansas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35573
- 44841
- 61933
- 74347
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 Kansas
- Kansas Oklahoma, United States
- Kansas Illinois, United States
- Kansas Alabama, United States
- Kansas Ohio, United States
- Kansas Sinaloa, Mexico
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
- Lowes — 4.4 km
- Melber — 5.0 km
- Pottsville — 5.2 km
- Folsomdale — 5.2 km
- Wurth — 7.0 km
- West Viola — 7.8 km
About the time in Kansas
Addressing within Kansas draws on 4 postal codes.
Kansas reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
Today's schedule for Kansas: sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 4:53 PM. That gives 10 h 25 min of daylight.
Kansas keeps the same time as its neighbours Lowes and Melber.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Kansas?
- Use America/Chicago for Kansas; its offset is −6.
- Will the time in Kansas move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Kansas: No.
- When does light leave Kansas?
- Light leaves at 4:53 PM.