Mercer County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8110, -84.8744
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 694 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States
The current local time in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.
Mercer County, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Mercer County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Mercer County keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 12:24 PM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Mercer County right now
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Mercer County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40330 Harrodsburg — 1.5 km away
- 40310 Burgin — 11.4 km away
- 40372 Salvisa — 11.8 km away
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 County
- Mercer County Illinois, United States
- Mercer County Missouri, United States
- Mercer County North Dakota, United States
- Mercer County New Jersey, United States
- Mercer County Ohio, 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
- Jackson — 1.6 km
- Bohon — 4.0 km
- Talmage — 4.5 km
- Mcafee — 4.8 km
- Riverview Estates — 6.1 km
- Harrodsburg — 6.1 km
Local time details for Mercer County
Today the day starts in Mercer County at 7:06 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:42 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 37 min.
Neighbouring places Jackson and Bohon run on Mercer County time.
The full list of postal codes for Mercer County runs to 3.
Time in Mercer County runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Mercer County?
- Select America/New_York for Mercer County; the offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Mercer County?
- Daylight saving time in Mercer County: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Mercer County?
- The hour is 7:06 AM.