Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6157, -84.5811
- Elevation
- 313 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 864
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 674 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Kentucky, United States
This page displays how late it is in Lancaster, Kentucky, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lancaster, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lancaster keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:02 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:44 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:35 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
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Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, 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
- Garrard County — 4.7 km
- Gilbert — 4.8 km
- Hyattsville — 5.3 km
- Guy (historical) — 6.0 km
- Hubble — 6.8 km
- Logantown — 7.5 km
About the time in Lancaster
Lancaster operates on America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
Sunrise in Lancaster is at 8:02 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:44 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 42 min.
Time in Garrard County and Gilbert, both close to Lancaster, runs the same.
Postal codes in Lancaster number 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Lancaster use?
- Lancaster uses America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Do the clocks in Lancaster go back at any point?
- Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Lancaster?
- Daylight begins at 8:02 AM.