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Time in Louisiana, United States now

 
 
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Time zone info for Louisiana

UTC -5
Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York
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 02:00AM to 03:00AM 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 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Louisiana

Los Angeles
−2 hours		−2 hours
Chicago0
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

Louisiana on the map

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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.