What time is it in El Retén, Chiapas, Mexico
What follows is the current local time in El Retén, Chiapas, Mexico, in the America/Mexico_City zone (−6).
El Retén, Mexico
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Mexico_City
Local time in El Retén
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Retén, Chiapas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 6:09 PM
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El Retén and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71602
- 76395
- 79924
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
Other places named El Retén
- El Reten Magdalena Department, Colombia
- El Reten San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- El Reten Oaxaca, Mexico
- El Reten Miranda, Venezuela
- El Reten Santander Department, Colombia
Same time zone — America/Mexico_City
- Mexico City Mexico
- Iztapalapa Mexico
- Puebla Mexico
- Ecatepec De Morelos Mexico
- Santiago De Queretaro Mexico
- Leon De Los Aldama Mexico
Nearby places
- San Francisco Tepecuapan — 0.9 km
- Cucja — 5.5 km
- Patria Nueva (San Jose El Contento) — 6.1 km
- Paraje Nazaret Uno — 6.6 km
- San Antonio Jacap — 7.3 km
- Ucumilja — 8.9 km
El Retén: clock, sun and surroundings
El Retén takes in 3 postal codes.
Clocks across El Retén run on America/Mexico_City at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:02 AM today in El Retén, with the sun setting at 5:48 PM. That leaves 11 h 45 min of light.
Nearby places like San Francisco Tepecuapan and Cucja are on El Retén time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in El Retén?
- The clock in El Retén follows America/Mexico_City, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in El Retén?
- Daylight saving time in El Retén: No.
- When does evening light leave El Retén?
- At 5:48 PM.