Ruth in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1087, -87.7486
- Elevation
- 142 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 959 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ruth, Kentucky, United States
This page shows the current local time in Ruth, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ruth, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ruth
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ruth keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Ruth right now
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Ruth and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 39662
- 48470
- 89319
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 Ruth
- Ruth Nevada, United States
- Ruth North Carolina, United States
- Ruth California, United States
- Ruth West Virginia, United States
- Ruth Arkansas, 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
- Claxton — 1.6 km
- Midway — 4.3 km
- Walche Cut — 4.6 km
- Lakeshore — 5.2 km
- Friendship — 6.0 km
- Lewistown — 6.0 km
About the time in Ruth
The hour in Ruth is the hour in Claxton and Midway as well.
3 distinct postal codes apply to Ruth.
Standard time in Ruth comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:12 AM in Ruth today and sunset at 5:59 PM. That marks 10 h 47 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Ruth?
- Ruth is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Ruth run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Ruth: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Ruth.
- The sunset hour is 5:59 PM.