May in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0962, -84.4745
- Elevation
- 273 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 682 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in May, Kentucky, United States
Below you can see what the time is in May, Kentucky, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
May, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in May
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
May keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 7:18 PM
Weather in May right now
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May and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 73851
- 76857
- 83253
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 May
- May Gujarat, India
- May Oklahoma, United States
- May Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus
- May North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- May Eastern Cape, South Africa
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
Time and daylight in May
Today's schedule for May: sunrise 7:55 AM, sunset 6:51 PM. That gives 10 h 56 min of daylight.
Time runs the same in May and in nearby Drum and Piney Grove.
Across May, 3 postal codes are recorded.
May belongs to the America/New_York zone, placing local clocks at UTC−4. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for May?
- The designation used for May is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in May?
- Daylight saving in May: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in May?
- It disappears at 6:51 PM.