United States
Time now in Louisville
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 08:09Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
205
Sunrise
06:46
Sunset
08:09
Day length
13h 22m
Coordinates
39.25, -96.31
Time difference from Louisville
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Louisville right now.
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About the time in Louisville
Louisville runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Louisville is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Sunrise today lands at 06:46 and sunset at 08:09 local time, giving 13h 22m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (39.25, -96.31) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Louisville.
Frequently asked questions about time in Louisville
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Louisville?
- Louisville is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- When do the sun rise and set in Louisville today?
- Sunrise is at 06:46 and sunset at 08:09, giving 13h 22m of daylight.
- What time is it in Louisville right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Louisville, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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