Soft Shell in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.4023, -82.9421
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 542 km away
What time is it in Soft Shell, Kentucky, United States
This page shows local time in Soft Shell, Kentucky, United States as of this moment, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Soft Shell, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Soft Shell
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Soft Shell.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:53 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:40 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:27 AM – 7:07 PM
Weather in Soft Shell right now
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Soft Shell and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41831 Leburn — 2.7 km away
- 41839 Mousie — 4.9 km away
- 41817 Garner — 5.1 km away
- 41772 Vest — 6.5 km away
- 41822 Hindman — 8.1 km away
- 41844 Pippa Passes — 8.4 km away
- 41861 Raven — 10.2 km away
- 41740 Emmalena — 11.0 km away
- 41725 Carrie — 11.2 km away
- 41643 Lackey — 12.5 km away
- 41630 Garrett — 13.0 km away
- 41843 Pine Top — 14.2 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
Same time zone — America/New_York
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Nearby places
Local time details for Soft Shell
Garner and Knott County are close to Soft Shell and observe the same time.
12 postal codes are attached to Soft Shell.
Soft Shell is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
In Soft Shell, first light arrives at 7:53 AM and the sun goes down at 6:40 PM. The day holds 10 h 46 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Soft Shell be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is the hour in Soft Shell changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Soft Shell?
- Sunrise is at 7:53 AM and sunset at 6:40 PM.