El Golfo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.0019, -98.5078
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 734 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Golfo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
What follows is the current local time in El Golfo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in the America/Matamoros zone (−6).
El Golfo, Mexico
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Matamoros
Local time in El Golfo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Golfo.
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 – 6:13 PM
Weather in El Golfo right now
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El Golfo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30547
- 54944
- 79618
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 Golfo
- El Golfo Canary Islands, Spain
- El Golfo Chiapas, Mexico
- El Golfo Chiapas, Mexico
- El Golfo Chihuahua, Mexico
- El Golfo Nuevo León, Mexico
Nearby places
- Palangana — 3.0 km
- Chapotito — 4.3 km
- El Gallardo — 6.0 km
- El Valereno — 6.8 km
- La Rosa — 7.0 km
- Tres Garcias — 7.1 km
El Golfo: clock, sun and surroundings
In El Golfo the time zone is America/Matamoros and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: No.
Sunrise in El Golfo is at 6:50 AM today, and sunset comes at 5:48 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 58 min.
Nearby Palangana and Chapotito need no separate clock from El Golfo.
Postal designations for El Golfo total 3.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Matamoros the time zone for El Golfo?
- Yes, America/Matamoros is the time zone for El Golfo, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in El Golfo adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in El Golfo?
- Sunrise is at 6:50 AM and sunset at 5:48 PM.