Pekin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8795, -83.3896
- Elevation
- 269 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 565 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pekin, Kentucky, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Pekin, Kentucky, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Pekin, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Pekin
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Pekin.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:59 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 7:32 AM – 7:05 PM
Weather in Pekin right now
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Pekin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47165
- 58361
- 61554
- 61555
- 61558
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 Pekin
- Pekin Illinois, United States
- Pekin North Dakota, United States
- Pekin Lara, Venezuela
- Pekin Antioquia, Colombia
- Pekin Meta Department, Colombia
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
- Mize — 2.6 km
- Bonny — 4.0 km
- Grassy Creek — 4.1 km
- Ezel — 5.0 km
- Woodsbend — 5.6 km
- Murphyfork — 6.1 km
About the time in Pekin
Pekin keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−4. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Pekin at 7:59 AM and fades after 6:38 PM today. The span is 10 h 39 min.
Look nearby and you will see Mize and Bonny on the same clock as Pekin.
Coverage of Pekin by postal code amounts to 5 entries.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Pekin?
- The correct time zone for Pekin is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the offset in Pekin changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Pekin.
- The sun rises at 7:59 AM.