Prospect in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.9858, -90.3876
- Elevation
- 0 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1572 km away
- Same name
- 73 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Prospect, Louisiana, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Prospect, Louisiana, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Prospect, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Prospect
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Prospect.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 26 min Night 12 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Prospect right now
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Prospect and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06712
- 13435
- 16052
- 23960
- 38477
- 40059
- 43342
- 97536
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 Prospect
- Prospect South Australia, Australia
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- Prospect Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands
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- Prospect New South Wales, Australia
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
- New Sarpy — 0.9 km
- Good Hope — 1.4 km
- Hahnville — 2.3 km
- Sarpy (historical) — 2.5 km
- Norco — 2.8 km
- Flagville — 2.9 km
Prospect: clock, sun and surroundings
Prospect spans 8 postal codes.
The time zone here in Prospect is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
The sun rises today at 7:05 AM in Prospect and sets at 6:31 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 26 min.
The time given for Prospect holds for nearby New Sarpy and Good Hope too.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Prospect observe?
- Prospect observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Prospect — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Prospect: Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Prospect?
- 7:05 AM marks sunrise.