Rapides Parish in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.1986, -92.5332
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1647 km away
What time is it in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Look up the current time in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Rapides Parish, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rapides Parish
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rapides Parish.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 22 min Night 12 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Rapides Parish right now
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Rapides Parish and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71307 Alexandria — 0.8 km away
- 71485 Woodworth — 3.9 km away
- 71303 Alexandria — 12.0 km away
- 71301 Alexandria — 12.0 km away
- 71302 Alexandria — 12.9 km away
- 71309 Alexandria — 14.4 km away
- 71306 Alexandria — 15.1 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
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cooley — 5.2 km
- Cloverdale — 5.4 km
- Castor Plunge — 5.9 km
- Woodworth — 6.7 km
- Valde Rouge (historical) — 8.9 km
- Oden (historical) — 9.7 km
About the time in Rapides Parish
Clocks in Cooley and Cloverdale read the same as clocks in Rapides Parish.
Rapides Parish appears under 7 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for Rapides Parish is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Today the day starts in Rapides Parish at 7:15 AM with sunrise and ends at 6:38 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 22 min.
Questions and answers
- Is Rapides Parish in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Rapides Parish is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rapides Parish go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Rapides Parish: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Rapides Parish?
- Yes, it is 6:38 PM.