Ponchatoula in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.4388, -90.4415
- Elevation
- 8 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 068
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1542 km away
What time is it in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States
The current hour and minute in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Ponchatoula, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ponchatoula
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ponchatoula.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:24 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Ponchatoula right now
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Ponchatoula and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70454
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
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Nearby places
- Cypress Creek Mobile Home Court — 1.1 km
- Campbell — 2.1 km
- Pinelake Mobile Home Park — 2.5 km
- Creekside Mobile Home Park — 2.7 km
- Jena (historical) — 3.0 km
- Intersection Connection Mobile Home Park — 4.5 km
Local time details for Ponchatoula
Mail addressed to Ponchatoula uses 1 postal code.
Local clocks in Ponchatoula follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−6. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
In Ponchatoula today the sun is out from 6:24 AM until 5:10 PM. That comes to 10 h 46 min of daylight.
The hour in Ponchatoula is the hour in Cypress Creek Mobile Home Court and Campbell as well.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Ponchatoula?
- The time zone used in Ponchatoula is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Ponchatoula move for summer time?
- No.
- When does the sun come up in Ponchatoula?
- Sunrise in Ponchatoula is at 6:24 AM.