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
Find the present-moment local time in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Lexington, United States
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lexington
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lexington keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 7:24 AM – 7:24 PM
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
Deliveries to Lexington are sorted by 12 postal codes.
Lexington is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:50 AM in Lexington and down again at 6:58 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 08 min of daylight.
Close to Lexington, the towns of Gamesway and Jonestown show the same time.
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 6:58 PM.