What time is it in Chalmette, Louisiana?

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

Chalmette sits at 29.94°N, 89.97°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Chalmette.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Chalmette it is highest at 12:51 pm today — 51 minutes after clock noon.

At 90.0°W, Chalmette 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 Chalmette, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 51 minutes, from 14 hours 4 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 13 minutes in December.

At 29.9°N that puts Chalmette between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.