Cankton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.3460, -92.1096
- Elevation
- 13 m above sea level
- Population
- 491
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1672 km away
What time is it in Cankton, Louisiana, United States
On this page the local time of Cankton, Louisiana, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Cankton, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cankton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cankton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Cankton right now
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Cankton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70584 Sunset — 5.0 km away
- 70520 Carencro — 6.9 km away
- 70541 Grand Coteau — 10.2 km away
- 70583 Scott — 10.7 km away
- 70507 Lafayette — 11.5 km away
- 70525 Church Point — 12.6 km away
- 70501 Lafayette — 15.6 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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Plauches Little Acres Mobile Home Park — 2.6 km
- Vatican — 4.1 km
- Victoria Village Mobile Home Park — 6.2 km
- Parkland Mobile Home Park — 6.3 km
- A and M Mobile Home Park — 6.6 km
- Carencro — 6.6 km
Cankton: clock, sun and surroundings
7 postal codes are listed for Cankton.
Cankton belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:13 AM in Cankton and down again at 6:37 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 24 min of daylight.
Plauches Little Acres Mobile Home Park and Vatican sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Cankton.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Cankton uses?
- Cankton uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Cankton?
- Daylight saving in Cankton: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Cankton?
- Today the sun rises at 7:13 AM.