Oak Ridge in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.7401, -87.0400
- Elevation
- 144 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 882 km away
- Same name
- 54 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Oak Ridge, Kentucky, United States
Check the current local time in Oak Ridge, Kentucky, United States, which sits in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Oak Ridge, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Oak Ridge
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Oak Ridge.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in Oak Ridge right now
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Oak Ridge and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07438
- 16245
- 27310
- 37830
- 37831
- 63769
- 71264
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 Oak Ridge
- Oak Ridge Tennessee, United States
- Oak Ridge Florida, United States
- Oak Ridge North Carolina, United States
- Oak Ridge Texas, United States
- Oak Ridge Missouri, 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
- Dermont — 0.4 km
- Normandy Heights — 1.5 km
- Locust Hills — 1.8 km
- The Downs — 1.9 km
- Hunters Ridge — 2.8 km
- Brook Hill Estates — 3.3 km
Local time details for Oak Ridge
Time in Dermont and Normandy Heights, both close to Oak Ridge, runs the same.
The full list of postal codes for Oak Ridge runs to 7.
Oak Ridge counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
Sunrise at Oak Ridge today happens at 7:12 AM, sunset at 5:53 PM. The two are 10 h 41 min apart.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Oak Ridge?
- The local time zone in Oak Ridge is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Oak Ridge — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Oak Ridge: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Oak Ridge?
- Yes, it is 5:53 PM.