El Ancla in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.4111, -97.9933
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 458 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Ancla, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Local time in El Ancla, Tamaulipas, Mexico is shown on this page, based on the America/Monterrey time zone (−6).
El Ancla, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Monterrey
Local time in El Ancla
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Ancla keeps America/Monterrey clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 12:17 PM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in El Ancla right now
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El Ancla and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 97536
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 Ancla
- El Ancla Veracruz, Mexico
- El Ancla Chihuahua, Mexico
- El Ancla Magdalena Department, Colombia
- El Ancla Quintana Roo, Mexico
- El Ancla Chihuahua, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Monterrey
Nearby places
- El Moby — 3.2 km
- Kilomentro Noventa Y Nueve — 3.6 km
- Los Primos — 5.5 km
- La Quita Esclava — 5.8 km
- El Tapon — 7.6 km
- El Brasilito — 7.7 km
Time and daylight in El Ancla
The postal code count for El Ancla is 1.
Time in El Ancla follows the zone America/Monterrey, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
The sky over El Ancla lightens at 6:44 AM and the sun sets at 5:50 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 06 min today.
Nearby places like El Moby and Kilomentro Noventa Y Nueve are on El Ancla time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in El Ancla?
- The clock in El Ancla follows America/Monterrey, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time apply in El Ancla?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in El Ancla?
- Sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 5:50 PM.