Lexington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9887, -84.4777
- Population
- 320 347
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 656 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lexington, Kentucky, United States
This is the current time in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, shown for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Lexington, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lexington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lexington keeps America/New_York time.
The sun today
Sunrise 07:12 Solar noon 13:38 Sunset 20:05 Daylight 12 h 54 min Night 11 h 06 min Civil twilight 06:45 – 20:32
Weather in Lexington right now
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Lexington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02420
- 02421
- 12452
- 24450
- 27292
- 27293
- 27294
- 27295
- 29071
- 29072
- 29073
- 30648
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-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
- Covington 40 997
Other places named Lexington
- Lexington Massachusetts, United States
- Lexington South Carolina, United States
- Lexington North Carolina, United States
- Lexington Nebraska, United States
- Lexington Tennessee, 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
- Gamesway — 0.5 km
- Jonestown — 2.1 km
- Lansdowne — 2.4 km
- Shadeland — 3.1 km
- Baralto — 3.4 km
- Stoneybrook — 3.4 km
Time and daylight in Lexington
The same hours are kept in Lexington and in nearby Gamesway and Shadeland.
12 postal codes are in use across Lexington.
Lexington is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise at Lexington today happens at 07:12, sunset at 20:05. The two are 12 h 54 min apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Lexington?
- Lexington is covered by the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does the time in Lexington shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Lexington?
- The sun goes down at 20:05.