What time is it in El Principio, Oaxaca, Mexico
Local time right now in El Principio, Oaxaca, Mexico appears above, in the America/Mexico_City time zone (−6).
El Principio, Mexico
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Mexico_City
Local time in El Principio
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Principio keeps America/Mexico_City clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:20 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:57 PM Daylight 11 h 37 min Night 12 h 23 min Civil twilight 5:58 AM – 6:19 PM
Weather in El Principio right now
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El Principio and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 68406 El Roble — 0.6 km away
- 68403 El Triunfo — 3.1 km away
- 68405 20 de Noviembre — 4.3 km away
- 68400 Barrio La Escobeta — 5.4 km away
- 68404 Vicente Guerrero — 6.6 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.
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- Oaxaca 255 029
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Same time zone — America/Mexico_City
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Nearby places
- La Florida Sur — 6.4 km
- Florida Norte — 6.7 km
- Estacion Obispo — 7.9 km
- Las Sabanetas — 8.5 km
- Higueras — 8.5 km
- Arroyo Metate — 9.2 km
El Principio: clock, sun and surroundings
El Principio is served by a set of 5 postal codes.
Clocks in El Principio take America/Mexico_City as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise today is 6:20 AM in El Principio, with sunset at 5:57 PM. That works out to 11 h 37 min of light.
Set your clock for El Principio and it will also be right in La Florida Sur and Florida Norte.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in El Principio listed?
- The time zone in El Principio is listed as America/Mexico_City, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time applied in El Principio?
- No.
- What time will the sun set in El Principio today?
- Today it sets at 5:57 PM.