Baton Rouge in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.4433, -91.1875
- Population
- 227 470
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1596 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−6).
Baton Rouge, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Baton Rouge
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Baton Rouge.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Baton Rouge right now
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Baton Rouge and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70801
- 70802
- 70803
- 70804
- 70805
- 70806
- 70807
- 70808
- 70809
- 70810
- 70811
- 70812
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
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
- Lake Charles 76 070
Other places named Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- University Shadows — 9.4 km
- Ben Hur (historical) — 10.1 km
- S and R Mobile Home Park — 10.3 km
- Bayou Fountain — 10.3 km
- Chatsworth Acres — 10.4 km
- Highland Creek — 10.4 km
Baton Rouge: clock, sun and surroundings
For University Shadows and Ben Hur (historical) near Baton Rouge, the clock reads the same.
12 postal codes are attached to Baton Rouge.
The time zone assigned to Baton Rouge is America/Chicago, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's daylight in Baton Rouge begins at 6:26 AM and finishes at 5:13 PM. The total is 10 h 47 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Baton Rouge observe?
- Baton Rouge observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Does the local time in Baton Rouge include a summer time period?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Baton Rouge?
- Sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 5:13 PM.