Fort Polk in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.0466, -93.2054
- Elevation
- 95 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1709 km away
What time is it in Fort Polk, Louisiana, United States
The reading below is the local time in Fort Polk, Louisiana, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Fort Polk, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Polk
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Fort Polk keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:41 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 7:05 PM
Weather in Fort Polk right now
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Fort Polk and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71459
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
- Fort Pollk South — 0.7 km
- Fort Polk South — 1.1 km
- Sandy Hill — 2.6 km
- Pickering — 6.4 km
- Coopers — 6.7 km
- Fort Polk North — 6.8 km
Local time details for Fort Polk
The time zone in effect for Fort Polk is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:18 AM in Fort Polk, with sunset at 6:41 PM. That works out to 11 h 23 min of light.
Near Fort Polk you can add Fort Pollk South and Fort Polk South, both on the same time.
Fort Polk accounts for 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Fort Polk?
- The time zone that includes Fort Polk is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Fort Polk set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Fort Polk: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Fort Polk?
- It appears at 7:18 AM.