New Orleans in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.9547, -90.0751
- Population
- 362 701
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1552 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
The page gives the present local time in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, whose time zone is America/Chicago (−5).
New Orleans, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in New Orleans
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
New Orleans keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in New Orleans right now
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New Orleans and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70112
- 70113
- 70114
- 70115
- 70116
- 70117
- 70118
- 70119
- 70121
- 70122
- 70123
- 70124
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
- Baton Rouge 227 470
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
- Lake Charles 76 070
Other places named New Orleans
- New Orleans Saint Michael, Barbados
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
- Storyville — 0.3 km
- Vieux Carre — 1.2 km
- Garden District — 2.9 km
- Algiers — 2.9 km
- Lower Garden District — 3.5 km
- Lafayette (historical) — 3.5 km
Time and daylight in New Orleans
New Orleans runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Sunrise today in New Orleans lands at 7:14 AM; sunset lands at 6:16 PM. That is 11 h 01 min of light.
Set your clock for New Orleans and it will also be right in Storyville and Vieux Carre.
New Orleans is served by a set of 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in New Orleans listed?
- The time zone in New Orleans is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does New Orleans change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in New Orleans: Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for New Orleans.
- The sun rises at 7:14 AM.