San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.0544, -97.9059
- Region
- Tamaulipas
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 747 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Get the current local time in San Rafael, Tamaulipas, Mexico, a location in the America/Matamoros time zone (−5).
San Rafael, Mexico
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Matamoros
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in San Rafael, Tamaulipas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 6:53 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02010
- 06470
- 20613
- 20803
- 20955
- 23085
- 24090
- 24099
- 25937
- 26516
- 28048
- 28504
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 San Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Rio Rico — 1.6 km
- El Sabino — 3.6 km
- La Bolsa (Pedro Cantu Garcia) — 3.6 km
- El Horcon — 3.9 km
- Lorenzo — 4.4 km
- Nuevo Progreso — 4.6 km
About the time in San Rafael
San Rafael runs on America/Matamoros, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Today in San Rafael, daylight opens at 7:40 AM and closes at 6:53 PM. That span measures 11 h 14 min.
The time you see for San Rafael is also correct for Rio Rico and La Bolsa (Pedro Cantu Garcia).
Postal codes in San Rafael number 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to San Rafael?
- The time zone that applies to San Rafael is America/Matamoros, with an offset of −5.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in San Rafael?
- Daylight saving time in San Rafael: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in San Rafael?
- In San Rafael the sun sets at 6:53 PM.