El Canal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.2915, -100.1350
- Region
- Nuevo León
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 880 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Canal, Nuevo León, Mexico
This page keeps the current time in El Canal, Nuevo León, Mexico, according to the America/Matamoros zone (−6).
El Canal, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Matamoros
Local time in El Canal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Canal.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:26 PM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 6:17 PM
Weather in El Canal right now
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El Canal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20437
- 20667
- 35280
- 42830
- 50256
- 73905
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 Nuevo León
- Monterrey 1 135 512
- Guadalupe 673 616
- Ciudad Apodaca 467 157
- Ciudad General Escobedo 454 967
- San Nicolas De Los Garza 412 199
- Ciudad Benito Juarez 308 285
Other places named El Canal
- El Canal Puebla, Mexico
- El Canal Aguascalientes, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Canal Guerrero, Mexico
Nearby places
- Anahuac — 1.3 km
- San Antonio — 1.6 km
- Santa Virginia — 2.3 km
- La Uno — 3.0 km
- Podrido — 4.7 km
- Nino Perdido — 4.7 km
Time and daylight in El Canal
No adjustment is needed moving between El Canal, Anahuac and San Antonio.
A total of 6 postal codes belong to El Canal.
Time in El Canal follows the zone America/Matamoros, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Daylight in El Canal today runs from 6:58 AM to 5:53 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 55 min.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Matamoros the time zone for El Canal?
- Yes, America/Matamoros is the time zone for El Canal, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Canal shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in El Canal: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in El Canal?
- At 5:53 PM.