El Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 22.6510, -98.8026
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 360 km away
- Same name
- 175 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico
This page shows the current local time in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the America/Monterrey time zone (−6).
El Caracol, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Monterrey
Local time in El Caracol
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Caracol.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 6:18 PM
Weather in El Caracol right now
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El Caracol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04739
- 20864
- 23896
- 24353
- 26634
- 29133
- 29140
- 29503
- 30415
- 30416
- 34696
- 34966
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 Caracol
- El Caracol Guanajuato, Mexico
- El Caracol Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Caracol Michoacán, Mexico
- El Caracol Hidalgo, Mexico
- El Caracol Hidalgo, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Monterrey
Nearby places
- Balla Verde — 10.1 km
- Palma — 11.1 km
- Siete Hermanos — 11.8 km
- Venustiano Carranza Uno — 12.6 km
- Los Pinos — 12.7 km
- La Veta — 13.1 km
Time and daylight in El Caracol
The hours shown for El Caracol apply equally in Balla Verde and Palma.
12 postal codes divide El Caracol.
El Caracol tells time by America/Monterrey, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises at 6:46 AM above El Caracol and sets at 5:55 PM today. Daylight lasts about 11 h 08 min.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for El Caracol?
- Enter America/Monterrey as the time zone for El Caracol; its offset is −6.
- Does El Caracol observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in El Caracol: No.
- When does daylight begin in El Caracol?
- Daylight begins at 6:46 AM.