Jefferson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.9660, -90.1531
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Population
- 11 193
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1557 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jefferson, Louisiana, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Jefferson, Louisiana, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−5).
Jefferson, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Jefferson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Jefferson, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:51 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Jefferson right now
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Jefferson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01522
- 03583
- 04348
- 12093
- 15344
- 21755
- 28640
- 29718
- 30549
- 36745
- 44047
- 50129
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 Jefferson
- Jefferson Georgia, United States
- Jefferson Wisconsin, United States
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- Jefferson Iowa, United States
- Jefferson Oregon, 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
- Southport — 1.1 km
- Carrollton — 3.1 km
- Elmwood — 3.7 km
- Bridge City — 4.0 km
- Greenville — 4.2 km
- Harahan — 5.6 km
Jefferson: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Southport and Carrollton sit in the same time as Jefferson.
The number of postal codes covering Jefferson is 12.
Clocks in Jefferson follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Jefferson at 6:15 AM and leaves it at 5:15 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 00 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Jefferson?
- Use America/Chicago for Jefferson; its offset is −5.
- Does Jefferson move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Jefferson?
- Local sunset is 5:15 PM.