United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
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: 2 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. There is a 5-hour difference between Knoxville and London. 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. There is a 13-hour difference between Knoxville and Tokyo. 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, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Knoxville.
Practical Info
Knoxville (United States) is home to roughly 195K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 20:54. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington, D.C.
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?
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.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap