Fort Jesup in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.6129, -93.4029
- Elevation
- 111 m above sea level
- Population
- 509
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1689 km away
What time is it in Fort Jesup, Louisiana, United States
The current local time in Fort Jesup, Louisiana, United States — time zone America/Chicago (−5) — is shown right here.
Fort Jesup, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Jesup
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Fort Jesup, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in Fort Jesup right now
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Fort Jesup and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71449 Many — 6.6 km away
- 71406 Belmont — 13.9 km away
- 71426 Fisher — 14.3 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
- Cobbs Addition — 7.5 km
- Blakes Addition — 8.5 km
- Alford Heights — 9.0 km
- Many — 9.1 km
- Adois (historical) — 12.1 km
- Vowells Mill — 12.3 km
About the time in Fort Jesup
For Fort Jesup today, sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset is 6:42 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 24 min.
Nearby, Cobbs Addition and Blakes Addition go by the same clock as Fort Jesup.
Across Fort Jesup, 3 postal codes are recorded.
Fort Jesup reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Is Fort Jesup in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Fort Jesup is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Fort Jesup take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Fort Jesup: Yes.
- When does morning light reach Fort Jesup?
- At 7:18 AM.