Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.0685, -90.8873
- Elevation
- 6 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1602 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Louisiana, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Central, Louisiana, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Central, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Central keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 26 min Night 12 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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
Other places named Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central 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
- Minnie (historical) — 3.8 km
- Free Town — 4.5 km
- Hymel — 4.7 km
- Chatman Town — 5.6 km
- Nicholle (historical) — 6.4 km
- Burton (historical) — 6.5 km
About the time in Central
Today Central gets sunrise at 7:07 AM and sunset at 6:33 PM. That leaves 11 h 26 min of daylight.
Anyone in Minnie (historical) or Free Town reads the same clock as Central.
A total of 5 postal codes belong to Central.
Central counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Central?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Central observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Central: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Central today?
- Today it sets at 6:33 PM.