Laurel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.6940, -89.1306
- Population
- 18 837
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1357 km away
- Same name
- 53 more places in the world share this name
Local time right now in Laurel, Mississippi, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Laurel, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Laurel
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Laurel.
Sunrise 6:25 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:25 PM
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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.
Postal numbering in Laurel covers 12 codes.
Laurel marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−6. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
In Laurel, first light arrives at 6:25 AM and the sun goes down at 4:59 PM. The day holds 10 h 34 min of light.
Travelling from Laurel to Queensburg or Eastview does not change the hour.