La Junta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9850, -103.5440
- Elevation
- 1243 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 951
- Region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2303 km away
- Same name
- 132 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Junta, Colorado, United States
What follows is the current local time in La Junta, Colorado, United States, in the America/Denver zone (−6).
La Junta, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in La Junta
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
La Junta keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in La Junta right now
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La Junta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 81050
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Colorado
- Denver 729 019
- Colorado Springs 456 568
- Aurora 359 407
- Fort Collins 170 924
- Lakewood 152 597
- Thornton 133 451
Other places named La Junta
- La Junta Chihuahua, Mexico
- La Junta Aysén, Chile
- La Junta Oaxaca, Mexico
- La Junta Oaxaca, Mexico
- La Junta Puebla, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- North La Junta — 1.7 km
- La Junta Gardens — 1.8 km
- Ormega — 4.6 km
- La Junta Village — 5.9 km
- Casa — 6.9 km
- Swink — 8.1 km
About the time in La Junta
Within La Junta, postal codes number 1.
Clocks in La Junta take America/Denver as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Today the sun rises over La Junta at 7:12 AM and sets at 6:07 PM. That is 10 h 56 min of daylight in all.
The local time of La Junta is shared by neighbouring North La Junta and La Junta Gardens.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to La Junta?
- America/Denver corresponds to La Junta and has an offset of −6.
- Does La Junta apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in La Junta?
- Local sunrise is 7:12 AM.