What time is it in Monroe, Louisiana?

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

Monroe sits at 32.52°N, 92.08°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Monroe.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Monroe it is highest at 12:59 pm today — 59 minutes after clock noon.

At 92.1°W, Monroe 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 2 minutes in Monroe, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 17 minutes, from 14 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 1 minute in December.

At 32.5°N that puts Monroe between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.