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Current local time in Knoxville

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Time difference from Knoxville

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01:00Thu+5hBecomes +4h on 25 Oct
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02:00Thu+6hBecomes +5h on 25 Oct
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04:00Thu+8hBecomes +9h on 1 Nov
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09:00Thu+13hBecomes +14h on 1 Nov
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10:00Thu+14hBecomes +15h on 4 Oct
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Sun & moon in Knoxville today

Sunrise
07:29
Sunset
19:21
Daylight
11.9hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Knoxville

J10 hrsF10.9 hrsM11.9 hrsA13.1 hrsM14 hrsJ14.6 hrsJ14.4 hrsA13.6 hrsS12.5 hrsO11.3 hrsN10.3 hrsD9.7 hrs

Working hours in Knoxville

5h overlap
KnoxvilleUTC−4
06121824
Your locationUTC+0
06121824
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Time zone guide for Knoxville

Knoxville, United States runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. Knoxville and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Knoxville lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Knoxville and London is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Knoxville lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Knoxville and Tokyo is 13 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Havana, Washington DC. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Knoxville.

Practical information for Knoxville

Knoxville (United States) is home to roughly 195K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:29, sunset at 19:21. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington DC

Continent

North America

Time Zone

EDT · America/New_York

Coordinates

35.96°N, 83.92°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

A World's Fair Nobody Expected

Knoxville hosted the 1982 World's Fair and drew about 11 million visitors to a city of 175,000 — a scale of event that a place this size had no business managing. The Sunsphere it built still stands.

The clock: Knoxville keeps Eastern Time. Oak Ridge nearby enriched the uranium for the Hiroshima bomb, in a secret city of 75,000 that did not appear on maps.

The sun and the clock in Knoxville (2026)

Solar noon12:36on UTC−5 standard time
Longest day14h 36m22 June
Shortest day9h 43m22 December
Yearly average12h 11mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise06:1814 June
Latest sunset20:5630 June

Knoxville lies at 83.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 8.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 36 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:36 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 96 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:36.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 36m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 43m. The swing between them is 4h 53m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Knoxville the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 06:18, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 20:56. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Knoxville that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Knoxville?

The official timezone for Knoxville, United States is America/New_York with a current UTC offset of UTC−4.

What is the population and location of Knoxville?

Knoxville has an estimated population of 195K and is located at coordinates 35.96°N, 83.92°W.

How many hours of daylight does Knoxville get?

Knoxville gets 14h 36m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 43m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Knoxville?

Solar noon in Knoxville falls at about 12:36 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 8.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Knoxville?

A World's Fair Nobody Expected: Knoxville hosted the 1982 World's Fair and drew about 11 million visitors to a city of 175,000 — a scale of event that a place this size had no business managing. The Sunsphere it built still stands.