KFC Hours Today, From 3,697 Real Restaurants
Most KFC restaurants open at 10:00 AM and close between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Hours are set restaurant by restaurant, so the tables below show what the majority of the 3,702 US restaurants we track actually do, plus the 20 holidays that change them.
Right Now
Checking against a typical restaurant's schedule.
Weekend Hours
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday at most restaurants. 21% keep this on a Sunday.
Next Holiday
Opening times are published per restaurant and change without notice. Use KFC's official store locator for the exact hours of the restaurant you are going to.
KFC Working Hours, Monday to Sunday
The most common schedule for each day, with the share of restaurants that keep it. No single pattern covers the whole chain — the busiest one accounts for 21%.
| Day | Most Common Hours | Restaurants | Also Common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (770) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (18%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) |
| Tuesday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (767) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (18%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) |
| Wednesday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (769) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (18%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) |
| Thursday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (768) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (18%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) |
| Friday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (780) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (13%) |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (778) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (15%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (13%) |
| Sunday | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 21% (775) | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM (18%) · 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM (14%) |
74% of restaurants keep identical hours every day of the week.
53% stay open to 11:00 PM or later.
7% close for at least one day a week.
KFC Hours in the Biggest US Markets
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KFC in Houston, TX
Today 10:30 AM - 10:30 PM
32 restaurants
KFC in Los Angeles, CA
Today 10:30 AM - 9:30 PM
27 restaurants
KFC in Miami, FL
Today 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
23 restaurants
KFC in Chicago, IL
Today Closed
21 restaurants
KFC in San Antonio, TX
Today 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
17 restaurants
KFC in Las Vegas, NV
Today 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
16 restaurants
KFC Holiday Hours
All 20 US holidays that affect KFC opening times, with this year's real date and weekday. 1 closes most restaurants outright, 6 shorten the day, and on the other 13 most restaurants keep their normal schedule.
| Holiday | Date | Regular Hours | Holiday Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2026 (Thursday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 19, 2026 (Monday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, 2026 (Saturday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Presidents' Day | February 16, 2026 (Monday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| St. Patrick's Day | March 17, 2026 (Tuesday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Easter Sunday | April 5, 2026 (Sunday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM typical, but restaurants differ |
| Cinco de Mayo | May 5, 2026 (Tuesday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Mother's Day | May 10, 2026 (Sunday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 (Monday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Juneteenth | June 19, 2026 (Friday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Father's Day | June 21, 2026 (Sunday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2026 (Saturday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
| Labor Day | September 7, 2026 (Monday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Halloween | October 31, 2026 (Saturday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2026 (Wednesday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 26, 2026 (Thursday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM typical, but restaurants differ |
| Black Friday | November 27, 2026 (Friday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Regular hours |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2026 (Thursday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2026 (Friday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Closed |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2026 (Thursday) | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Holiday dates are computed for the current year at build time, so movable holidays such as Easter and Thanksgiving stay correct without anyone editing a list. Holiday hours are what most restaurants do; franchisees set their own, and a few publish nothing at all.
Lunch and Dinner at KFC
KFC runs one menu from open to close. There is no separate lunch card and no breakfast service in the US, so the 150 items on the menu are available whenever the restaurant is, from 10:00 AM onwards. What changes through the day is what is actually cooked and waiting: the fryers are loaded for the lunch rush around noon and again from about five, which is when a bucket is most likely to be ready rather than made to order.
The practical difference is at the ends of the day. Right after opening, an order for anything outside Original Recipe can take a few extra minutes because the batch has not been cooked yet. In the last hour before close, restaurants stop dropping fresh chicken and sell down what is left, so a large family meal late at night is the order most likely to come back as unavailable. If you want a specific piece — thighs, wings, all-white — the middle of the day is the safer bet. Prices do not change by time of day; the deals that do move are day-of-week offers, not lunch specials.
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