El Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.0478, -98.4777
- Population
- 3
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 739 km away
- Same name
- 175 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Check the current local time in El Caracol, Tamaulipas, Mexico, which sits 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
What the clock shows right now in El Caracol.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 6:12 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
- Chapotito — 1.7 km
- Los Saenz — 1.9 km
- Zopilote — 2.2 km
- Palangana — 3.5 km
- El Deseo — 4.0 km
- San Jose De Los Garza — 6.8 km
About the time in El Caracol
El Caracol operates with 12 postal codes.
El Caracol sits under America/Matamoros, which puts local clocks at UTC−6. Daylight saving in use: No.
In El Caracol the sun appears at 6:50 AM and disappears at 5:48 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 58 min.
El Caracol shares its time with neighbouring Chapotito and Los Saenz.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with El Caracol?
- The value associated with El Caracol is America/Matamoros, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Caracol switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in El Caracol: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in El Caracol?
- In El Caracol the sun rises at 6:50 AM.