Ville Platte in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.6880, -92.2715
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 264
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1660 km away
What time is it in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−5).
Ville Platte, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ville Platte
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ville Platte keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 11 h 25 min Night 12 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Ville Platte right now
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Ville Platte and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70586
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
- Belair Cove — 6.1 km
- Tate Cove — 6.7 km
- Point Blue — 7.4 km
- Frilot Cove — 9.3 km
- Faubourg — 10.2 km
- Ledoux — 10.9 km
About the time in Ville Platte
The zone name for Ville Platte is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
For Ville Platte today, sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset is 6:38 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 25 min.
Ville Platte, Belair Cove and Tate Cove all run on one and the same time.
Every address in Ville Platte sits within one of 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Where does Ville Platte fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Ville Platte falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Ville Platte changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Ville Platte.
- The sunset hour is 6:38 PM.