Bunkie in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.9533, -92.1826
- Elevation
- 20 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 066
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1636 km away
What time is it in Bunkie, Louisiana, United States
This page answers what time it is in Bunkie, Louisiana, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Bunkie, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bunkie
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Bunkie.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Bunkie right now
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Bunkie and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71322
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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Friths (historical) — 2.3 km
- Bubenzer — 3.5 km
- Shirley (historical) — 3.5 km
- Leinster — 3.8 km
- Eola — 5.7 km
- Holmesville — 5.7 km
Local time details for Bunkie
Postal areas within Bunkie come to 1.
Bunkie falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Bunkie gets its sunrise at 7:12 AM and its sunset at 6:39 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 27 min.
Places close to Bunkie, among them Friths (historical) and Bubenzer, share its time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Bunkie listed?
- The time zone in Bunkie is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Bunkie?
- Yes.
- When does light arrive in Bunkie?
- Light arrives at 7:12 AM.