El Cactus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.6822, -99.0966
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 473 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Cactus, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The time in El Cactus, Tamaulipas, Mexico at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Monterrey zone (−6).
El Cactus, Mexico
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Monterrey
Local time in El Cactus
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Cactus.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:21 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in El Cactus right now
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El Cactus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25902
- 83336
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 Cactus
Same time zone — America/Monterrey
Nearby places
- Centro Camionero — 0.9 km
- El Olmo (Rancho Nuevo Del Castillo) — 2.1 km
- Pollos Victoria (Union) — 2.1 km
- Tiron Parejo — 3.2 km
- Santa Amalia — 3.8 km
- La Boca De Juan Capitan — 4.0 km
El Cactus: clock, sun and surroundings
Today at El Cactus, the sun rises at 6:46 AM and sets at 5:56 PM. That gives 11 h 10 min of daylight.
Near El Cactus you can add Centro Camionero and El Olmo (Rancho Nuevo Del Castillo), both on the same time.
2 postal codes cover the territory of El Cactus.
El Cactus operates on America/Monterrey at UTC−6. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for El Cactus?
- The designation used for El Cactus is America/Monterrey, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Cactus have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in El Cactus: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in El Cactus?
- At 5:56 PM.