Leighton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.7966, -90.8579
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1620 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Leighton, Louisiana, United States
This page keeps the current time in Leighton, Louisiana, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Leighton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Leighton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Leighton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Leighton right now
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Leighton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35646
- 50143
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 Leighton
- Leighton Alabama, United States
- Leighton Iowa, United States
- Leighton South Australia, Australia
- Leighton New South Wales, Australia
- Leighton 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
- Naquin — 1.7 km
- Solars Mobile Home Park — 1.8 km
- Waverly Mobile Home Park — 1.8 km
- Brule — 1.9 km
- Greenwood Acres — 2.1 km
- Greewood Plantation — 2.2 km
Time and daylight in Leighton
Leighton shares its time with neighbouring Naquin and Waverly Mobile Home Park.
Postal coverage of Leighton comes to 2 codes.
The time zone here in Leighton is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:07 AM in Leighton and goes down at 6:33 PM. Daylight measures 11 h 27 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Leighton observe?
- Leighton observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does Leighton shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Leighton: Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Leighton?
- 6:33 PM marks sunset.