Bakerfield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.5821, -91.1787
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1586 km away
What time is it in Bakerfield, Louisiana, United States
This page keeps the current time in Bakerfield, Louisiana, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Bakerfield, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bakerfield
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Bakerfield.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Bakerfield right now
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Bakerfield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70874 Baton Rouge — 2.7 km away
- 70714 Baker — 3.4 km away
- 70807 Baton Rouge — 4.4 km away
- 70813 Baton Rouge — 7.1 km away
- 70811 Baton Rouge — 8.2 km away
- 70873 Baton Rouge — 8.3 km away
- 70791 Zachary — 9.2 km away
- 70812 Baton Rouge — 10.3 km away
- 70805 Baton Rouge — 11.1 km away
- 70879 Baton Rouge — 11.9 km away
- 70898 Baton Rouge — 11.9 km away
- 70896 Baton Rouge — 11.9 km away
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 Louisiana
- New Orleans 362 701
- Baton Rouge 227 470
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
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Nearby places
- Tigerland Acres — 21.0 km
- College Hills — 21.3 km
- Harwich — 21.4 km
- Sharlo — 21.5 km
- University Acres — 21.5 km
- Arlington — 21.6 km
About the time in Bakerfield
Time in Bakerfield follows the zone America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Sunrise time for Bakerfield today is 7:09 AM; sunset time is 6:33 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 24 min.
Bakerfield shares one clock with the nearby places Tigerland Acres and College Hills.
Bakerfield spans 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Bakerfield?
- Bakerfield is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Bakerfield?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Bakerfield?
- It appears at 7:09 AM.