Zachary in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.6485, -91.1565
- Population
- 16 448
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1579 km away
What time is it in Zachary, Louisiana, United States
Read off the current local time in Zachary, Louisiana, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Zachary, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Zachary
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Zachary keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Zachary right now
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Zachary and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70791
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
- Swart — 23.6 km
- Steele Place — 23.6 km
- Zeeland Place — 23.8 km
- Glenmore — 23.9 km
- Normandy Acres — 23.9 km
- Eastland — 23.9 km
Time and daylight in Zachary
1 postal code is current for Zachary.
Clocks across Zachary run on America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
First light in Zachary comes at 7:09 AM today; darkness returns after 6:33 PM. The day gives 11 h 23 min of light.
Time in Steele Place and Swart, both close to Zachary, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Zachary observe?
- Zachary observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does the time in Zachary shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- What time does the day end in Zachary?
- The sun sets at 6:33 PM.