Longstraw in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.4960, -92.5490
- Elevation
- 77 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1568 km away
What time is it in Longstraw, Louisiana, United States
Read off the current local time in Longstraw, Louisiana, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Longstraw, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Longstraw
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Longstraw keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 22 min Night 12 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Longstraw right now
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Longstraw and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71227 Choudrant — 7.1 km away
- 71270 Ruston — 9.7 km away
- 71272 Ruston — 10.0 km away
- 71273 Ruston — 15.4 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
- Kelleys — 2.4 km
- Choudrant — 5.0 km
- Ebenzer — 5.6 km
- Burgessville (historical) — 7.6 km
- Cartwright — 8.1 km
- Bonner (historical) — 8.2 km
About the time in Longstraw
The time standard for Longstraw is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
In Longstraw today the sun is out from 7:16 AM until 6:38 PM. That comes to 11 h 22 min of daylight.
Whatever the hour in Longstraw, it is the same in Kelleys and Choudrant.
4 codes make up the postal map of Longstraw.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Longstraw?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Longstraw and has an offset of −5.
- Does Longstraw observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Longstraw: Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Longstraw?
- 6:38 PM.