El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.0178, -97.7989
- Population
- 8
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 745 km away
- Same name
- 212 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Alto, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Look up the current time in El Alto, Tamaulipas, Mexico, which follows the America/Matamoros zone (−6).
El Alto, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Matamoros
Local time in El Alto
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Alto keeps America/Matamoros clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 12:16 PM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26342
- 35713
- 40904
- 65525
- 75412
- 79655
- 81530
- 83690
- 84175
- 85203
- 87394
- 90110
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 El Alto
- El Alto Piura, Peru
- El Alto Chiapas, Mexico
- El Alto Cajamarca Department, Peru
- El Alto Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Alto Lambayeque, Peru
Nearby places
- Los Cardenas — 0.2 km
- El Soliseno Sur (Santa Fe) — 0.9 km
- El Laurel (Abel García) — 1.0 km
- Soliseno — 1.2 km
- Camarote — 2.0 km
- Rancho De Los Suarez — 3.4 km
Time and daylight in El Alto
Postal designations for El Alto total 12.
El Alto tells time by America/Matamoros, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
In El Alto the sun rises today at 6:47 AM and sets again at 5:46 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 58 min of the day.
Around El Alto, places such as Los Cardenas and El Soliseno Sur (Santa Fe) use the same time.
Questions and answers
- Can El Alto's time zone be given as America/Matamoros?
- Yes, El Alto's time zone is America/Matamoros, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Alto have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in El Alto: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in El Alto?
- Sunrise is at 6:47 AM and sunset at 5:46 PM.