Mercer in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.2575, -87.1511
- Elevation
- 164 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 903 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mercer, Kentucky, United States
This page keeps the current time in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Mercer, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Mercer
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Mercer, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 4:51 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 5:48 AM – 5:18 PM
Weather in Mercer right now
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Mercer and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16137
- 38392
- 54547
- 58559
- 64661
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 Mercer
- Mercer Pennsylvania, United States
- Mercer Maine, United States
- Mercer Wisconsin, United States
- Mercer Missouri, United States
- Mercer North Dakota, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Hillside — 1.5 km
- Powderly — 2.3 km
- Morehead — 2.7 km
- Stringtown — 3.3 km
- Nebo — 4.2 km
- Muhlenberg County — 4.7 km
Mercer: clock, sun and surroundings
Mercer tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise today in Mercer lands at 6:15 AM; sunset lands at 4:51 PM. That is 10 h 36 min of light.
For Hillside and Powderly near Mercer, the clock reads the same.
There are 5 postal codes assigned to Mercer.
Questions and answers
- Is Mercer in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Mercer is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in Mercer change with daylight saving?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Mercer?
- The sun comes up at 6:15 AM.