El Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 23.6942, -99.1508
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 474 km away
- Same name
- 175 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The reading below is the local time in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico, taken from the America/Monterrey 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 6:49 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 11 h 05 min Night 12 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:25 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
- Pollos Victoria (Union) — 3.6 km
- Tiron Parejo — 3.7 km
- La Garra — 4.6 km
- Ciudad Victoria — 5.3 km
- El Olmo (Rancho Nuevo Del Castillo) — 6.6 km
- La Boca De Juan Capitan — 6.7 km
Local time details for El Caracol
Sunrise today in El Caracol lands at 6:49 AM; sunset lands at 5:54 PM. That is 11 h 05 min of light.
Nearby settlements including Pollos Victoria (Union) and Tiron Parejo match the time in El Caracol.
The full list of postal codes for El Caracol runs to 12.
El Caracol adheres to America/Monterrey, a UTC−6 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Monterrey the time zone for El Caracol?
- Yes, America/Monterrey is the time zone for El Caracol, with an offset of −6.
- Does the time in El Caracol vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in El Caracol: No.
- What time is first light in El Caracol?
- The sun rises at 6:49 AM.