| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | Becomes +10h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | Becomes +15h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −1h on 1 Nov |
New Orleans, United States runs on UTC−5. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between New Orleans and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in New Orleans lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between New Orleans and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in New Orleans lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between New Orleans and Tokyo is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Chicago, Dallas, Houston. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from New Orleans.
New Orleans (United States) is home to roughly 380K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:53, sunset at 18:47. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 30° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington DC
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CDT · America/Chicago
Coordinates
29.95°N, 90.07°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Much of New Orleans sits below sea level, in places by more than four metres, held dry by a pumping system that moves water uphill into the lake. The city's cemeteries are above ground for the same reason.
The clock: New Orleans keeps Central Time. Mardi Gras is set by Easter, which is set by the moon, which means the city's biggest event has no fixed date at all.
New Orleans lies at 90.1°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:00, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 60 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:00.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 5m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 13m. The swing between them is 3h 52m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In New Orleans the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 05:58, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 20:05. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In New Orleans that civil twilight runs about 24 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for New Orleans, United States is America/Chicago with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
New Orleans has an estimated population of 380K and is located at coordinates 29.95°N, 90.07°W.
New Orleans gets 14h 5m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 13m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in New Orleans falls at about 12:00 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 0.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Below the River: Much of New Orleans sits below sea level, in places by more than four metres, held dry by a pumping system that moves water uphill into the lake. The city's cemeteries are above ground for the same reason.