Selma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.7413, -92.3871
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1601 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Selma, Louisiana, United States
The exact time in Selma, Louisiana, United States is given here, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Selma, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Selma
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Selma, Louisiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Selma right now
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Selma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24474
- 27576
- 36701
- 36702
- 36703
- 47383
- 52588
- 93662
- 97538
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 Selma
- Selma California, United States
- Selma Alabama, United States
- Selma Texas, United States
- Selma North Carolina, United States
- Selma Indiana, United States
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
- Georgetown — 2.2 km
- Mudville — 3.3 km
- Grant (historical) — 4.2 km
- Grandstaff — 4.4 km
- Zenoria — 4.8 km
- Hester — 5.5 km
About the time in Selma
Selma gets its sunrise at 7:14 AM and its sunset at 6:38 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 23 min.
The hours shown for Selma apply equally in Georgetown and Mudville.
9 postal codes cover the territory of Selma.
Selma runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Selma?
- The time zone value for Selma is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Selma include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Selma.
- The sunrise hour is 7:14 AM.