El Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 25.5786, -97.5113
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 704 km away
- Same name
- 175 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Learn the current time in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico, a place in the America/Matamoros time zone (−6).
El Caracol, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Matamoros
Local time in El Caracol
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Caracol, Tamaulipas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 12:15 PM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:21 AM – 6:09 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
Nearby places
- Araguz Garza — 0.5 km
- Tomás Cruz — 0.7 km
- San José Del Caracol — 2.9 km
- Las Palmas Del Caracol — 4.7 km
- El Alto Mando — 5.8 km
- San Juan De Las Flores — 7.0 km
Local time details for El Caracol
El Caracol holds to America/Matamoros time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Today in El Caracol the sun appears at 6:45 AM and sets again at 5:45 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 00 min.
Nearby Araguz Garza and Tomás Cruz follow the same clock as El Caracol.
Coverage of El Caracol by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for El Caracol?
- Choose America/Matamoros for El Caracol, with an offset of −6.
- What time zone rules apply in El Caracol — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in El Caracol: No.
- Please give the sunset time for El Caracol.
- The sun sets at 5:45 PM.