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What time is it in Portales, New Mexico, United States

Read off the current local time in Portales, New Mexico, United States, which belongs to the America/Denver zone (−7).

Portales, United States

11:01:50 AM

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC−7 · America/Denver

Local time in Portales

UTC−7 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Portales.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:21 AM Solar noon 11:38 AM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:22 PM

Weather in Portales right now

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Portales and its neighbours

Portales at 34.1862, -103.3340 with the nearest towns within 22.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

88130

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.

Portales in numbers

Coordinates: 34.1862, -103.3340
Elevation: 1221 m above sea level
Population: 11 995
Region: New Mexico
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 2398 km away
Same name: 10 more places in the world share this name

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 Portales

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Same time zone — America/Denver

Denver United States
El Paso United States

Nearby places

Yerba — 5.4 km
Tinsley Crossing — 10.4 km
Midway — 11.4 km
Bethel — 13.8 km
Eiland (historical) — 15.1 km
Cameo — 15.2 km

About the time in Portales

The zone applied in Portales is America/Denver with offset UTC−7. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.

The sun rises today at 6:21 AM in Portales and sets at 4:56 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 35 min.

Neighbours of Portales such as Yerba and Tinsley Crossing share its clock.

Portales carries 1 postal code.

Questions and answers

Which time zone governs time in Portales?: Time in Portales follows the America/Denver time zone, with an offset of −7.
Does Portales run on daylight saving time for part of the year?: Daylight saving in Portales: No.
Do you know the time of sunset in Portales?: Yes, it is 4:56 PM.