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Time in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States now

08:19:03

Saturday 7. March 2026, week 10

New Orleans switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 8. March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:19 ↓ 18:03 (11h 44m) - More info - Make New Orleans time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in New Orleans 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 New Orleans can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for New Orleans is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 06:19
Sunset: 18:03
Day length: 11h 44m
Solar noon: 12:11
The current local time in New Orleans is 11 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.