Rapides in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.3635, -92.5868
- Elevation
- 26 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1640 km away
What time is it in Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Rapides, Louisiana, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Rapides, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rapides
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rapides.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Rapides right now
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Rapides and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71477 Tioga — 4.4 km away
- 71309 Alexandria — 7.2 km away
- 71303 Alexandria — 9.9 km away
- 71409 Boyce — 10.6 km away
- 71431 Gardner — 14.5 km away
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
- Alfalfa — 3.1 km
- Mead (historical) — 4.3 km
- Weil — 6.3 km
- Graham (historical) — 6.7 km
- Barrett — 7.0 km
- Mcnutt — 8.0 km
Rapides: clock, sun and surroundings
The register holds 5 postal codes for Rapides.
For Rapides the applicable zone is America/Chicago, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Rapides, first light arrives at 7:15 AM and the sun goes down at 6:39 PM. The day holds 11 h 24 min of light.
Places close to Rapides, among them Alfalfa and Mead (historical), share its time.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Rapides?
- Yes, Rapides uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Rapides?
- Daylight saving time in Rapides: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Rapides?
- It is 7:15 AM.