United States
Time now in Lake Charles
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:44Sunset 07:46Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
71,993
Sunrise
06:44
Sunset
07:46
Day length
13h 02m
Coordinates
30.20, -93.21
Time difference from Lake Charles
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About the time in Lake Charles
Sunrise today lands at 06:44 and sunset at 07:46 local time, giving 13h 02m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (30.20, -93.21) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Lake Charles.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Lake Charles day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Lake Charles runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lake Charles
- Which time zone is Lake Charles in?
- Lake Charles uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- What are normal business hours in Lake Charles in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Lake Charles runs from 14:00–22:00 UTC today.
- Does Lake Charles change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- What time is it in Lake Charles right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lake Charles, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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