Hester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.0221, -90.7618
- Population
- 498
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1596 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hester, Louisiana, United States
This page shows the current local time in Hester, Louisiana, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Hester, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Hester
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Hester, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:19 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Hester right now
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Hester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70743
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 Hester
- Hester Western Australia, Australia
- Hester Louisiana, United States
- Hester Missouri, United States
- Hester North Carolina, United States
- Hester Oklahoma, 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
Hester: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal system lists 1 codes for Hester.
The time zone used in Hester is America/Chicago, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise comes to Hester at 6:19 AM and sunset at 5:17 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 58 min of light.
Time runs the same in Hester and in nearby Uncle Sam and Bend.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Hester based on?
- The clock in Hester is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Hester?
- Daylight saving time in Hester: No.
- What time is sunset in Hester?
- It is 5:17 PM.