Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2122, -92.0309
- Population
- 121 374
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1675 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
This page shows local time in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Lafayette, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:27 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
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
- Lake Charles 76 070
Other places named Lafayette
- Lafayette Indiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, United States
- Lafayette Tennessee, 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
- Whittington Heights Mobile Home Park — 0.4 km
- Arbolada Addition — 1.1 km
- Bendel Gardens — 2.0 km
- Oak Park Estates Mobile Home Park — 3.1 km
- Lafayette Parish — 3.2 km
- Credeur Mobile Home Park — 3.5 km
About the time in Lafayette
Mail addressed to Lafayette uses 12 postal codes.
Lafayette runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Today's sunrise at Lafayette falls at 6:27 AM; sunset follows at 5:19 PM. Between them lie 10 h 53 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Lafayette apply equally in Whittington Heights Mobile Home Park and Arbolada Addition.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Lafayette?
- Use America/Chicago for Lafayette; its offset is −6.
- Is the time in Lafayette adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- What time will the sun rise in Lafayette today?
- Today it rises at 6:27 AM.