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Time in Louisiana, United States now

13:52:02

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Sun: ↑ 06:11 ↓ 19:58 (13h 47m) - More info - Make Louisiana time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Louisiana

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
The time in Louisiana is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Louisiana can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Louisiana is America/Chicago.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Louisiana

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Louisiana

Sunrise: 06:11
Sunset: 19:58
Day length: 13h 47m
Solar noon: 13:04
The current local time in Louisiana is 64 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Louisiana on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 31.00. Longitude: -92.00
Population: 4,516,000
Elevation: 10 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Louisiana 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.