Lafayette (historical) in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.9238, -90.0806
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1555 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
This page tells you the time right now in Lafayette (historical), Louisiana, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Lafayette (historical), United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lafayette (historical)
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Lafayette (historical) keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:57 AM – 5:34 PM
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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.
Lafayette (historical) sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
The sun is up at 6:22 AM in Lafayette (historical) and down again at 5:09 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 48 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Lafayette (historical) and in nearby Lower Garden District and Garden District.
Within Lafayette (historical), postal codes number 12.