Tecate in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.5503, -116.6320
- Population
- 64 764
- Region
- Baja California
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 2272 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
Current local time for Tecate, Baja California, Mexico is listed here, in the America/Tijuana time zone (−7).
Tecate, Mexico
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Tijuana
Local time in Tecate
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Tecate, Baja California.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Tecate right now
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Tecate and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21432
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Baja California
- Tijuana 1 922 523
- Mexicali 1 032 686
- Ensenada 443 807
- Rosarito 100 660
- Porticos De San Antonio 34 234
- Santa Isabel 29 311
Other places named Tecate
Same time zone — America/Tijuana
Nearby places
- Santa Isabel — 14.1 km
- El Galvan — 14.5 km
- San Juan — 14.7 km
- Familia Ávila — 15.8 km
- El Triunfo — 16.0 km
- Pozo De Agua — 16.0 km
Tecate: clock, sun and surroundings
Local time in Tecate is governed by America/Tijuana at UTC−7. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise at Tecate today happens at 6:54 AM, sunset at 6:11 PM. The two are 11 h 16 min apart.
Santa Isabel and El Galvan are near Tecate and do not differ from it in time.
Postal codes valid in Tecate number 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Tecate?
- The entry corresponding to Tecate is America/Tijuana, with an offset of −7.
- Does Tecate shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Tecate: Yes.
- When does morning light reach Tecate?
- At 6:54 AM.