Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4167, -86.8753
- Population
- 71 111
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 859 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Indiana, United States
This page carries the current local time for Lafayette, Indiana, United States, in the America/Indiana/Indianapolis time zone (−4).
Lafayette, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Lafayette keeps America/Indiana/Indianapolis clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:17 AM Solar noon 1:32 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:49 AM – 7:16 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
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 Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
Other places named Lafayette
- Lafayette Louisiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, United States
- Lafayette Tennessee, United States
Same time zone — America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Indianapolis United States
Nearby places
- Eastwitch — 2.4 km
- Tecumseh — 2.7 km
- West Lafayette — 3.0 km
- Tippecanoe County — 3.5 km
- Happy Hollow Heights — 3.6 km
- Elston — 3.9 km
Time and daylight in Lafayette
Eastwitch and Tecumseh lie near Lafayette and keep identical time.
Addressing within Lafayette draws on 12 postal codes.
The clock standard in Lafayette is America/Indiana/Indianapolis, offset by UTC−4. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 8:17 AM today in Lafayette, with the sun setting at 6:47 PM. That leaves 10 h 30 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Lafayette be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Indiana/Indianapolis, with an offset of −4.
- Does Lafayette switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Lafayette: Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Lafayette?
- It sets at 6:47 PM.