| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +8h | Becomes +9h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +13h | Becomes +14h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +14h | Becomes +15h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | ±0h | |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −3h | Becomes −2h on 31 Oct |
Lexington, 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. Lexington 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 Lexington lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Lexington 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 Lexington lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Lexington 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 Lexington.
Lexington (United States) is home to roughly 320K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:32, sunset at 19:23. 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 38° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington DC
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/New_York
Coordinates
38.04°N, 84.50°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Fayette County holds around 450 horse farms on limestone-rich pasture that produces unusually strong bone in young horses — the reason the Bluegrass region became the centre of thoroughbred breeding.
The clock: Lexington keeps Eastern Time. Keeneland's sales ring has repeatedly set world records for the price of a yearling.
Lexington lies at 84.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 9.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 38 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:38 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 98 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:38.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 49m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 31m. The swing between them is 5h 17m. 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 Lexington the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 06:14, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 21:05. 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 Lexington that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 32 minutes at the solstice.
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.
The official timezone for Lexington, United States is America/New_York with a current UTC offset of UTC−4.
Lexington has an estimated population of 320K and is located at coordinates 38.04°N, 84.50°W.
Lexington gets 14h 49m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 31m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Lexington falls at about 12:38 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 9.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Horse Capital of the World: Fayette County holds around 450 horse farms on limestone-rich pasture that produces unusually strong bone in young horses — the reason the Bluegrass region became the centre of thoroughbred breeding.