Baton Rouge, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: CDT (UTC/GMT -05:00) — America/Chicago
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -13 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -5 ) Baton Rouge, United States |
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What time zone is Baton Rouge in?
Clocks in Baton Rouge are set to CDT, 5 hours behind UTC (UTC-05:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/Chicago — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Baton Rouge observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 01 November 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes CST.
Bear in mind United States spans 10 zones across the 419 cities we cover — checking a second city in the same country is often necessary.
Baton Rouge has roughly 228,590 residents and ranks 65th by population among the United States cities on this site.
How far ahead or behind is Baton Rouge?
How Baton Rouge lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Baton Rouge is 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Baton Rouge is 2 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Baton Rouge is 6 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Baton Rouge is 7 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Baton Rouge is 9 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Baton Rouge is 10 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Baton Rouge is 13 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Baton Rouge is 14 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Baton Rouge is 15 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Baton Rouge is 2 hours behind |
Scheduling calls with Baton Rouge
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Baton Rouge time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| New York | 09:00–16:00 in Baton Rouge | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 11:00–17:00 in Baton Rouge | 6 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–15:00 in Baton Rouge | 6 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–11:00 in Baton Rouge | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Same local time as Baton Rouge
No difference at all from Baton Rouge: the cities below share the America/Chicago zone.
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