Nelson County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8051, -85.4660
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 745 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States
This is a live clock for Nelson County, Kentucky, United States, showing local time in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Nelson County, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Nelson County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nelson County, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:07 AM Solar noon 1:27 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 7:40 AM – 7:13 PM
Weather in Nelson County right now
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Nelson County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40004 Bardstown — 0.5 km away
- 40048 Nazareth — 4.7 km away
- 40013 Coxs Creek — 11.9 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 Nelson County
- Nelson County North Dakota, United States
- Nelson County Virginia, 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
- Bardstown — 1.7 km
- Withrow — 3.4 km
- Nazareth — 4.8 km
- Bourbon Springs — 5.3 km
- East Bardstown — 5.9 km
- Cravens — 6.8 km
About the time in Nelson County
3 postal codes divide Nelson County.
Nelson County carries the America/New_York zone, offset UTC−4. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Daylight in Nelson County starts at 8:07 AM and ends at 6:46 PM today. It lasts 10 h 39 min.
Time runs the same in Nelson County and in nearby Bardstown and Withrow.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Nelson County?
- Use America/New_York for Nelson County; its offset is −4.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Nelson County?
- Daylight saving time in Nelson County: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Nelson County?
- The sun sets in Nelson County at 6:46 PM.