Marathon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.0594, -90.6015
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1582 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Marathon, Louisiana, United States
Find out what time it is now in Marathon, Louisiana, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
Marathon, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Marathon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Marathon.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 28 min Night 12 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Marathon right now
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Marathon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 13803
- 33050
- 50565
- 54448
- 79842
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 Marathon
- Marathon Florida, United States
- Marathon Wisconsin, United States
- Marathon New York, United States
- Marathon Texas, United States
- Marathon Iowa, 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
- Dolsen — 0.3 km
- Bougere (historical) — 0.6 km
- Welcome — 1.0 km
- Lions — 1.3 km
- Garyville — 1.8 km
- Hope — 1.8 km
About the time in Marathon
Marathon is served by the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Marathon at 7:05 AM and leaves it at 6:33 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 28 min.
Marathon, Dolsen and Bougere (historical) all run on one and the same time.
Marathon takes in 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Marathon?
- The entry corresponding to Marathon is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Marathon switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Marathon: Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Marathon?
- The sun is setting at 6:33 PM.