Colfax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5967, -104.7380
- Elevation
- 1881 m above sea level
- Region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2440 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colfax, New Mexico, United States
This is the current time in Colfax, New Mexico, United States, shown for the America/Denver time zone (−6).
Colfax, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Colfax
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Colfax keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Colfax right now
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Colfax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26566
- 27235
- 46035
- 50054
- 54730
- 58018
- 61728
- 71417
- 95713
- 99111
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 New Mexico
- Albuquerque 564 559
- Las Cruces 101 643
- Rio Rancho 87 521
- Enchanted Hills 87 521
- Santa Fe 87 505
- Roswell 48 544
Other places named Colfax
- Colfax Washington, United States
- Colfax Iowa, United States
- Colfax California, United States
- Colfax Louisiana, United States
- Colfax Wisconsin, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Colfax County — 8.2 km
- Dawson (historical) — 8.2 km
- Capitan Hill — 8.8 km
- McDaniel Cimarron Place — 17.3 km
- Maxwell — 18.5 km
- Cimarron — 18.5 km
Time and daylight in Colfax
Colfax County and Dawson (historical) sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Colfax.
Postal codes assigned across Colfax total 10.
Colfax is on America/Denver time, which corresponds to UTC−6. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:20 AM in Colfax and goes down at 6:07 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 47 min.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Colfax follow?
- Colfax follows America/Denver, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Colfax?
- Daylight saving time in Colfax: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Colfax.
- The sunset hour is 6:07 PM.