Current time in Louisville, KY
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/Kentucky/Louisville
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- KY, United States · 38.25° N, 85.76° W
- Population
- 624,444
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Louisville at about 12:43 standard time: the clock runs about 43 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:27 and 13:54 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:46 | 19:55 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:19 | 21:09 | 14h 50m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:30 | 19:39 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:56 | 17:26 | 9h 30m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:37–19:28 (11 h 52 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Vincennes · 160 km
- Indianapolis · 170 km
- Chicago · 430 km · clock 1 h behind
- Detroit · 510 km
- Washington · 760 km
- Toronto, Canada · 810 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Toronto, Canada · 810 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 1,150 km
- Montréal, Canada · 1,290 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 1,670 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,240 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,330 km