El Control in numbers
- Coordinates
- 25.9610, -97.8121
- Population
- 3 136
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 739 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico
This page shows what the clocks read right now in El Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the America/Matamoros zone (−5).
El Control, Mexico
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Matamoros
Local time in El Control
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in El Control, Tamaulipas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 7:00 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in El Control right now
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El Control and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 85980
- 87552
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 Control
- El Control Veracruz, Mexico
- El Control Tamaulipas, Mexico
- El Control Apure, Venezuela
- El Control Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
- El Control Guatemala, Guatemala
Nearby places
- Ramirez — 2.8 km
- Palo Quemado — 3.3 km
- Camarote — 4.5 km
- Los Jaboncillos — 4.6 km
- Puerta — 4.9 km
- El Ramireno (El Alamo) — 5.0 km
Local time details for El Control
Deliveries to El Control are sorted by 2 postal codes.
El Control observes America/Matamoros time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:34 AM today in El Control, with the sun setting at 7:00 PM. That leaves 11 h 27 min of light.
El Control and its neighbours Ramirez and Palo Quemado keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in El Control?
- In El Control, the applicable time zone is America/Matamoros, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in El Control include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in El Control?
- Expect it at 7:00 PM.