Louisville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.2542, -85.7594
- Population
- 624 444
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 761 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
This page provides the current local time in Louisville, Kentucky, together with today’s sunrise and sunset and the latest available weather details for the city.
Louisville, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Kentucky/Louisville
Local time in Louisville
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:29 PM Sunset 7:04 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 7:28 AM – 7:31 PM
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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.
Read the live Louisville clock when you need the city’s local hour for a call, reservation, broadcast, deadline, or journey. It removes the need to convert manually from the time shown on your own device.
Time differences can be especially confusing when locations change their clocks under different rules. Even if you know the usual relationship between two cities, compare their current clocks when timing matters. For future events, create the entry using Louisville as the event’s time zone.
State both Louisville time and the calendar date. Verify departure and arrival times on the operator’s itinerary. Check event doors, start time, and last admission separately. Use a fresh clock comparison before calling from abroad.
The city clock can get you to the venue on time; finding the correct entrance remains a separate adventure.
Sunrise and sunset show the central daylight interval for Louisville on the selected day. The information can guide a morning commute, an outdoor meal, a run, sightseeing, or the timing of photographs.
The entries vary by date. Dawn begins before the listed sunrise, and dusk continues after sunset, but available light is affected by weather, trees, buildings, and where you stand. If you need reliable visibility, keep the activity well within the daylight period.
Drivers and pedestrians should consider the transition hours as conditions of their own. Low light is not the same as darkness, yet it can still make details harder to see. Leave time to finish or reach a lit area before visibility becomes unsuitable.
Louisville’s weather panel should be read as a timed outlook rather than a permanent description of the day. The current observation tells you what was reported recently; the hourly forecast is more relevant to an activity scheduled for later.
Consider temperature, expected precipitation, wind, cloud cover, and any warning displayed. Local conditions may differ across the urban area, and the forecast can change as fresh information arrives. For an important outdoor plan, check once during preparation and again shortly before setting out.
Fix your schedule in Louisville local time. Compare the route with that day’s daylight window. Review weather for every hour you expect to be outside. Keep extra travel time or an indoor fallback where appropriate.
Opening hours and event schedules are controlled by their operators, not by a general time page. Use the local clock to understand them, then consult the official venue or transport notice for changes.