Jefferson Parish in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.6810, -90.0980
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1575 km away
What time is it in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Jefferson Parish, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Jefferson Parish
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 11 h 25 min Night 12 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Jefferson Parish right now
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Jefferson Parish and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70181 New Orleans — 0.8 km away
- 70036 Barataria — 2.2 km away
- 70067 Lafitte — 3.8 km away
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
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Lafitte — 1.9 km
- Barataria — 5.3 km
- Jean Lafitte — 6.7 km
- Crown Point — 10.2 km
- Jesuit Bend — 10.2 km
- Ollie — 10.4 km
About the time in Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Jefferson Parish at 7:04 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:29 PM. That gives the day 11 h 25 min of light.
Lafitte and Barataria are near Jefferson Parish and do not differ from it in time.
Jefferson Parish is mapped by 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Jefferson Parish?
- Time in Jefferson Parish follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Jefferson Parish?
- Daylight saving time in Jefferson Parish: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Jefferson Parish?
- Today the sun sets at 6:29 PM.