Cortez in numbers
- Coordinates
- 25.8378, -97.3381
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 736 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cortez, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Watch the current local time in Cortez, Tamaulipas, Mexico, running on the America/Matamoros time zone (−5).
Cortez, Mexico
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Matamoros
Local time in Cortez
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cortez.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:52 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:13 AM – 7:16 PM
Weather in Cortez right now
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Cortez and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 22106
- 98504
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 Tamaulipas
- Reynosa 589 466
- Heroica Matamoros 510 739
- Nuevo Laredo 416 055
- Ciudad Victoria 332 100
- Tampico 309 003
- Ciudad Madero 197 216
Other places named Cortez
- Cortez Colorado, United States
- Cortez Florida, United States
- Cortez Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cortez Beni Department, Bolivia
- Cortez Pando, Bolivia
Nearby places
- El Ranchito Y Refugio — 1.7 km
- Rancho El Ranchito — 1.8 km
- Pájaros Azules — 2.2 km
- Santa Rosa — 3.1 km
- Paraíso (José Fallet) — 3.5 km
- Paso Matamoros — 3.8 km
About the time in Cortez
Cortez reads its time from America/Matamoros, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
The sky over Cortez lightens at 7:36 AM and the sun sets at 6:52 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 16 min today.
Both El Ranchito Y Refugio and Rancho El Ranchito are near Cortez and keep its time.
Cortez accounts for 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Cortez?
- The time zone local to Cortez is America/Matamoros, with an offset of −5.
- Does Cortez observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Cortez: Yes.
- When does morning light reach Cortez?
- At 7:36 AM.