Lake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.0480, -89.9990
- Elevation
- -1 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1540 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Forest, Louisiana, United States
Get the current local time in Lake Forest, Louisiana, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Lake Forest, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lake Forest
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Lake Forest keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:08 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:57 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Lake Forest right now
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Lake Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60045
- 92630
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 Lake Forest
- Lake Forest California, United States
- Lake Forest Illinois, United States
- Lake Forest Florida, United States
- Lake Forest Ohio, United States
- Lake Forest Alabama, 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
- Gentilly — 5.7 km
- Lower Ninth Ward — 9.0 km
- Saint Claude Heights — 9.5 km
- Holy Cross — 10.1 km
- Arabi — 10.4 km
- Faubourg Marigny — 10.6 km
About the time in Lake Forest
The hours shown for Lake Forest apply equally in Gentilly and Lower Ninth Ward.
2 postal codes have been allocated to Lake Forest.
Time in Lake Forest runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−6. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
The sun rises over Lake Forest today at 6:22 AM and slips away at 5:08 PM. That leaves 10 h 46 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Lake Forest uses?
- Lake Forest uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Lake Forest?
- Daylight saving time in Lake Forest: No.
- When does the sun appear in Lake Forest?
- It appears at 6:22 AM.