Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5707, -71.4773
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 558 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Rhode Island, United States
The reading below is the local time in Lafayette, Rhode Island, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−4).
Lafayette, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lafayette, Rhode Island.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:16 Solar noon 12:46 Sunset 19:16 Daylight 13 h 00 min Night 11 h 00 min Civil twilight 05:48 – 19:45
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 Rhode Island
- Providence 190 934
- Warwick 81 699
- Cranston 81 073
- Pawtucket 71 591
- East Providence 47 408
- Woonsocket 41 475
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/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Wickford — 1.4 km
- Belleville — 2.0 km
- Allenton — 3.1 km
- Annaquatucket — 3.2 km
- Hamilton — 3.9 km
- Davisville, North Kingston — 4.7 km
Local time details for Lafayette
The number of postal codes covering Lafayette is 12.
Local timekeeping in Lafayette uses America/New_York, equal to UTC−4. Summer clock change: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Lafayette at 06:16 and sets at 19:16. That is 13 h 00 min of daylight in all.
Both Wickford and North Kingstown are near Lafayette and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- How is Lafayette's time zone listed?
- Lafayette's time zone is listed as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do clocks in Lafayette shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Lafayette today?
- Sunrise 06:16, sunset 19:16.