What time is it in Hammond, Louisiana?

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

Hammond sits at 30.51°N, 90.46°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hammond.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hammond it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.

At 90.5°W, Hammond 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 Hammond, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 57 minutes, from 14 hours 7 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 10 minutes in December.

At 30.5°N that puts Hammond between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.