Rita in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.6480, -90.5340
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1608 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rita, Louisiana, United States
Below is the local time in Rita, Louisiana, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Rita, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rita
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Rita keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Rita right now
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Rita and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70375 Mathews — 5.3 km away
- 70355 Gheens — 8.1 km away
- 70374 Lockport — 9.4 km away
- 70394 Raceland — 10.0 km away
- 70343 Bourg — 13.2 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
Other places named Rita
- Rita Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Rita Maranhão, Brazil
- Rita Pará, Brazil
- Rita Limón Province, Costa Rica
- Rita Uusimaa, Finland
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
- Lockport — 0.6 km
- Lockport Heights — 1.2 km
- Mcleod — 1.6 km
- Ravenwood (historical) — 1.6 km
- Clotilda — 2.7 km
- Mathews — 4.4 km
Time and daylight in Rita
Today's daylight in Rita begins at 6:17 AM and finishes at 5:16 PM. The total is 10 h 59 min.
Lockport and Lockport Heights are close to Rita and observe the same time.
5 postal codes correspond to Rita.
The time zone assigned to Rita is America/Chicago, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Rita?
- Use America/Chicago for Rita; its offset is −6.
- Does Rita go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Rita: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Rita?
- The hour is 5:16 PM.