Time in Lafayette, United States of America | Lafayette Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Lafayette
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Lafayette is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Lafayette is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lafayette
- ▪Sunrise: 07:14
- ▪Sunset: 18:29
- ▪Day length: 11h 14m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:52
- ▪Current time in Lafayette is currently 52 minutes ahead of solar time.
Lafayette on map
- ▪Location: Louisiana, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 30,22. Longitude: -92,02
- ▪Population: 121,374
- ▪Elevation: 11 m
Time difference
from Lafayette
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:14
Solar noon 12:52Sunset 18:29
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 15 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792683719
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:14
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Solar noon
- 12:52
- Day length
- 11h 14m
- Night length
- 12h 45m
- Civil twilight
- 06:50 – 18:54
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Louisiana
- Coordinates
- 30.224°, -92.020°
- Elevation
- 11 m
- Population
- 121,374
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