Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.4466, -94.3952
- Elevation
- 308 m above sea level
- Population
- 489
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1564 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Minnesota, United States
The current local time in Lafayette, Minnesota, United States is displayed here for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Lafayette, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Lafayette keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:52 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
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 Minnesota
- Minneapolis 410 939
- Saint Paul 303 176
- Rochester 112 225
- Bloomington 86 435
- Duluth 86 110
- Brooklyn Park 79 149
Other places named Lafayette
- Lafayette Louisiana, United States
- Lafayette Indiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, 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
- Bernadotte — 7.5 km
- Klossner — 9.3 km
- Winthrop — 11.0 km
- Bussler Trailer Court — 11.8 km
- Saint George — 12.6 km
- Gibbon Trailer Park — 13.9 km
About the time in Lafayette
The time you see for Lafayette is also correct for Bernadotte and Klossner.
The postal breakdown of Lafayette runs to 12 codes.
Lafayette carries the America/Chicago zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Sunlight reaches Lafayette at 7:52 AM and fades after 6:13 PM today. The span is 10 h 21 min.
Questions and answers
- Is Lafayette in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Lafayette is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Lafayette?
- Daylight saving time in Lafayette: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Lafayette today?
- Today it sets at 6:13 PM.