Freetown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.7841, -91.6662
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1679 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Freetown, Louisiana, United States
The time now in Freetown, Louisiana, United States is shown here, following the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Freetown, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Freetown
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Freetown.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Freetown right now
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Freetown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47235
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 Freetown
- Freetown Western Area, Sierra Leone
- Freetown Massachusetts, United States
- Freetown South Eleuthera, Bahamas
- Freetown Saint Philip Parish, Antigua And Barbuda
- Freetown Indiana, 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
- Bonvillain — 1.8 km
- Glencoe — 2.4 km
- Richland — 2.8 km
- Kemper — 2.8 km
- Home Place — 4.4 km
- Florence — 5.6 km
Local time details for Freetown
Clocks in Freetown follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
In Freetown the sun appears at 7:10 AM and disappears at 6:37 PM today. Daylight stretches 11 h 27 min.
The hours shown for Freetown apply equally in Bonvillain and Glencoe.
1 postal code serve Freetown.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Freetown?
- Yes, Freetown uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Freetown?
- Daylight saving time in Freetown: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Freetown today?
- Today it sets at 6:37 PM.