What time is it in Alexandria, Louisiana?

Alexandria is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Alexandria sits at 31.29°N, 92.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Alexandria.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Alexandria it is highest at 1:01 pm today — 61 minutes after clock noon.

At 92.5°W, Alexandria sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Alexandria, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 5 minutes, from 14 hours 11 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 7 minutes in December.

At 31.3°N that puts Alexandria between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.