Current time in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Friday, 23 October 2026
Time zone information for New Orleans
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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans
- ▪Sunrise: 07:07
- ▪Sunset: 18:21
- ▪Day length: 11h 13m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:44
- ▪Current time in New Orleans is currently 44 minutes ahead of solar time.
New Orleans on map
- ▪Location: Louisiana, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 29,95. Longitude: -90,08
- ▪Population: 362,701
Time difference
from New Orleans
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:07
Solar noon 12:44Sunset 18:21
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 8 days, 18 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792757480
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:07
- Sunset
- 18:21
- Solar noon
- 12:44
- Day length
- 11h 13m
- Night length
- 12h 46m
- Civil twilight
- 06:43 – 18:45
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Louisiana
- Coordinates
- 29.955°, -90.075°
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 362,701
Nearby places
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