Monroe County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7122, -85.7165
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 800 km away
- Same name
- 16 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States
Watch the current local time in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Monroe County, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Monroe County
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Monroe County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 5:50 AM – 5:06 PM
Weather in Monroe County right now
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Monroe County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 42167 Tompkinsville — 1.9 km away
- 42140 Gamaliel — 10.8 km away
- 42157 Mount Hermon — 11.4 km away
- 38575 Moss — 13.3 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 Monroe County
- Monroe County Georgia, United States
- Monroe County Arkansas, United States
- Monroe County Florida, United States
- Monroe County Alabama, United States
- Monroe County Illinois, 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
- Tompkinsville — 2.5 km
- Grandview — 2.7 km
- Forkton — 4.0 km
- Harlan Crossroads — 6.7 km
- Mud Lick — 7.3 km
- Emberton — 8.0 km
About the time in Monroe County
4 postal codes cover the territory of Monroe County.
Local clocks in Monroe County answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Monroe County at 6:17 AM and leaves it at 4:39 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 22 min.
Whatever the hour in Monroe County, it is the same in Tompkinsville and Grandview.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Monroe County?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Monroe County?
- Daylight saving in Monroe County: No.
- What is the sunrise time for Monroe County?
- 6:17 AM.