What time is it in El Principio, Chiapas, Mexico
The current local time in El Principio, Chiapas, Mexico is displayed here for the America/Mexico_City time zone (−6).
El Principio, Mexico
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Mexico_City
Local time in El Principio
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Principio.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:40 PM Daylight 11 h 33 min Night 12 h 27 min Civil twilight 5:45 AM – 6:02 PM
Weather in El Principio right now
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El Principio and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30844 Lázaro Cárdenas — 0.9 km away
- 30847 La Esperanza — 0.9 km away
- 30843 20 de Noviembre — 0.9 km away
- 30846 15 de Abril — 0.9 km away
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 Chiapas
- Tuxtla 604 147
- Tapachula 353 706
- San Cristobal De Las Casas 215 874
- Comitan 166 178
- Pijijiapan 50 079
- Chiapa De Corzo 45 077
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Same time zone — America/Mexico_City
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Nearby places
- General Manuel Avila Camacho — 0.2 km
- El Car — 0.5 km
- La Unión — 0.6 km
- Los Tirado — 0.8 km
- Ampliación Ejido Ignacio López Rayón — 1.0 km
- El Chaparral — 1.0 km
El Principio: clock, sun and surroundings
El Principio operates with 4 postal codes.
Clocks across El Principio run on America/Mexico_City at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's sun rises in El Principio at 6:07 AM, then sets at 5:40 PM. The day offers 11 h 33 min of daylight.
General Manuel Avila Camacho and El Car, both nearby, hold the same time as El Principio.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for El Principio?
- Enter America/Mexico_City as the time zone for El Principio; its offset is −6.
- Does the time in El Principio vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in El Principio: No.
- Which time marks sunrise in El Principio?
- 6:07 AM marks sunrise.