Cooktown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.5510, -92.6571
- Elevation
- 81 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1574 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cooktown, Louisiana, United States
The current local time in Cooktown, Louisiana, United States is displayed here for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Cooktown, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cooktown
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cooktown.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Cooktown right now
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Cooktown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71270 Ruston — 2.6 km away
- 71272 Ruston — 2.9 km away
- 71273 Ruston — 6.2 km away
- 71245 Grambling — 6.2 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
Other places named Cooktown
- Cooktown Queensland, Australia
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Kentucky, United States
- Cooktown North 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
- Mount Olive — 0.5 km
- La Mesa — 1.1 km
- Ruston — 3.6 km
- Vienna — 4.5 km
- Barnet Springs — 5.1 km
- Lincoln Parish — 5.7 km
Cooktown: clock, sun and surroundings
Nearby places like Mount Olive and La Mesa are on Cooktown time.
Cooktown has 4 postal codes in total.
The local zone in Cooktown is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
In Cooktown the sun appears at 6:35 AM and disappears at 5:16 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 41 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Cooktown?
- Local time in Cooktown is determined by America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- What time zone rules apply in Cooktown — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Cooktown: No.
- What time is first light in Cooktown?
- The sun rises at 6:35 AM.