Sparta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6770, -84.9069
- Elevation
- 155 m above sea level
- Population
- 266
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 682 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparta, Kentucky, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Sparta, Kentucky, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Sparta, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Sparta
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Sparta keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:00 AM Solar noon 1:25 PM Sunset 6:50 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 7:33 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Sparta right now
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Sparta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07871
- 22552
- 28675
- 31087
- 38583
- 41086
- 43350
- 49345
- 54656
- 62286
- 65753
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 Sparta
- Sparta New Jersey, United States
- Sparta Peloponnese, Greece
- Sparta Wisconsin, United States
- Sparta Tennessee, United States
- Sparta Illinois, 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
- Sanders — 4.3 km
- Carson — 4.9 km
- Poplar Grove — 6.1 km
- Bromley — 6.5 km
- New Liberty — 6.8 km
- Glencoe — 8.4 km
Local time details for Sparta
Sparta is on America/New_York time, which corresponds to UTC−4. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 8:00 AM today in Sparta, with the sun setting at 6:50 PM. That leaves 10 h 50 min of light.
Around Sparta, places such as Sanders and Carson use the same time.
Sparta accounts for 11 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Sparta based on?
- The clock in Sparta is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Sparta apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Sparta?
- At 6:50 PM.