West Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4259, -86.9081
- Population
- 45 550
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 862 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
What follows is the current local time in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, in the America/Indiana/Indianapolis zone (−5).
West Lafayette, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Local time in West Lafayette
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 5:37 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in West Lafayette right now
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West Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 43845
- 47906
- 47907
- 47996
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 West Lafayette
- West Lafayette Ohio, United States
Same time zone — America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Indianapolis United States
Nearby places
- Happy Hollow Heights — 2.0 km
- Summit — 2.1 km
- Wabash Shores — 2.6 km
- Lafayette — 3.0 km
- Bar-Barry Heights — 3.4 km
- Crumb Corner — 3.5 km
About the time in West Lafayette
Today's times for West Lafayette: the sun is up at 7:28 AM and down at 5:37 PM. That means 10 h 10 min of daylight.
There is no time difference between West Lafayette and nearby Happy Hollow Heights or Summit.
Coverage of West Lafayette by postal code amounts to 4 entries.
West Lafayette is on America/Indiana/Indianapolis time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for West Lafayette labeled?
- The time zone for West Lafayette is labeled America/Indiana/Indianapolis, with an offset of −5.
- Does West Lafayette observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in West Lafayette: No.
- When does daylight end in West Lafayette?
- Daylight ends at 5:37 PM.