Region · United States
Where to stay in Louisiana
This guide covers 10 destinations in Louisiana, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 106 places to stay between them. The largest by population are New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Places to stay
- 106
- Main airport
- MSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Destinations
Destinations in Louisiana
Every destination in this guide in Louisiana, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 383,997 | 65 | MSY · 18 km |
| Algiers | 59,995 | 9 | MSY · 23 km |
| Shreveport | 187,593 | 8 | SHV · 9 km |
| Lafayette | 121,374 | 7 | LFT · 5 km |
| Baton Rouge | 227,470 | 5 | BTR · 10 km |
| St. George | 86,000 | 5 | BTR · 22 km |
| Lake Charles | 84,872 | 5 | LCH · 10 km |
| Metairie | 143,507 | 1 | MSY · 8 km |
| Bossier City | 62,701 | 1 | SHV · 15 km |
| Kenner | 66,448 | MSY · 2 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Louisiana
106 hotels in Louisiana recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Louisiana
From the climate of 10 destinations in Louisiana with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 10 | 17 °C | 129 mm |
| February | 0 of 10 | 19 °C | 104 mm |
| March | 0 of 10 | 22 °C | 113 mm |
| April | 0 of 10 | 26 °C | 135 mm |
| May | 0 of 10 | 30 °C | 130 mm |
| June | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 163 mm |
| July | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 175 mm |
| August | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 157 mm |
| September | 0 of 10 | 31 °C | 131 mm |
| October | 0 of 10 | 27 °C | 103 mm |
| November | 0 of 10 | 22 °C | 98 mm |
| December | 0 of 10 | 18 °C | 125 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Louisiana
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Louisiana name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
MSY · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
BTR · Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
SHV · Shreveport Regional Airport
LFT · Lafayette Regional Airport
LCH · Lake Charles Regional Airport
GPT · Gulfport Biloxi International Airport
GGG · East Texas Regional Airport
TXK · Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field)
BPT · Jack Brooks Regional Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Louisiana, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in Louisiana
Nearby
Regions near Louisiana
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.