Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9251, -86.8689
- Population
- 72 639
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 928 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Right now in Franklin, Tennessee, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Franklin, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Franklin keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
Other places named Franklin
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, United States
- Franklin Kentucky, 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
- Ewingville — 1.1 km
- Buckingham Park — 2.0 km
- Cadet — 2.2 km
- Boyd Mill Estates — 2.5 km
- Carnton Plantation — 2.6 km
- Williamson County — 4.4 km
About the time in Franklin
The sun shows itself over Franklin at 7:09 AM and sets at 5:55 PM today. That is 10 h 47 min of light.
Time runs the same in Franklin and in nearby Ewingville and Buckingham Park.
The area of Franklin is divided into 12 postal codes.
Franklin works to America/Chicago time, set at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Franklin in for local time?
- For local time, Franklin is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Franklin move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in Franklin?
- The sun is rising at 7:09 AM.