What time is it in Paducah, Kentucky?

Most of Kentucky is on Eastern Daylight Time, but Paducah keeps Central Daylight Time — 1 hour behind the rest of the state. This is the kind of thing that catches people out, and it is why the zone is resolved from the city’s own coordinates rather than assumed from the state.

Paducah is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Paducah sits at 37.07°N, 88.64°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Paducah.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Paducah it is highest at 12:46 pm today — 46 minutes after clock noon.

A time zone is fifteen degrees of longitude wide, so a city near its eastern edge sees the sun peak well before noon by the clock and one near the western edge well after. Paducah sits at 88.6°W, toward the western side of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top of that until the clocks change.