Metairie in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.9841, -90.1528
- Population
- 138 481
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1555 km away
What time is it in Metairie, Louisiana, United States
This page carries the current local time for Metairie, Louisiana, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Metairie, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Metairie
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Metairie, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:51 AM – 5:40 PM
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Metairie and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70001
- 70002
- 70003
- 70004
- 70005
- 70006
- 70009
- 70010
- 70011
- 70033
- 70055
- 70060
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
- Lafayette 121 374
- Lake Charles 76 070
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
- Jefferson — 2.0 km
- Jefferson Heights — 2.5 km
- Southport — 2.6 km
- Carrollton — 4.7 km
- Elmwood — 4.7 km
- Bridge City — 5.9 km
Local time details for Metairie
Postal coverage of Metairie comes to 12 codes.
People in Metairie keep America/Chicago, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
Sunrise arrives in Metairie at 6:15 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:15 PM. That gives the day 11 h 00 min of light.
The hours shown for Metairie apply equally in Jefferson and Jefferson Heights.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Metairie?
- In Metairie, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks change in Metairie during the year?
- Daylight saving in Metairie: No.
- When is the sun up in Metairie?
- The sun comes up at 6:15 AM.