Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.7960, -91.5015
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 302
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1666 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Louisiana, United States
The clock for Franklin, Louisiana, United States is kept here in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Franklin, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Franklin.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:25 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, 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
- Violas Mobile Home Park — 1.4 km
- Caffery — 2.4 km
- Sterling — 2.7 km
- Katy — 3.6 km
- Garden City — 4.8 km
- Irish Bend — 5.3 km
Franklin: clock, sun and surroundings
Set your clock for Franklin and it will also be right in Violas Mobile Home Park and Caffery.
The postal system lists 12 codes for Franklin.
Franklin keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
The sun rises at 6:25 AM, sets at 5:16 PM, and stays over Franklin for 10 h 51 min. That is today's daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Franklin?
- The time zone label used for Franklin is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Franklin observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Franklin: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Franklin.
- The sunset hour is 5:16 PM.