Rio Rancho in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2334, -106.6640
- Population
- 87 521
- Region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2648 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States, in the America/Denver time zone (−7).
Rio Rancho, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−7 · America/Denver
Local time in Rio Rancho
UTC−7 · no daylight saving time
Rio Rancho keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:32 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Rio Rancho right now
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Rio Rancho and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 87124
- 87144
- 87174
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
- Enchanted Hills 87 521
- Santa Fe 87 505
- Roswell 48 544
- Farmington 42 871
Other places named Rio Rancho
- Río Rancho Oaxaca, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Rio Rancho Estates — 0.6 km
- Perea (historical) — 4.2 km
- Paradise Hills — 5.0 km
- Corrales — 5.2 km
- Alameda — 6.7 km
- Edith Endave — 7.6 km
Local time details for Rio Rancho
Local time in Rio Rancho comes from the America/Denver zone, UTC−7. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's schedule for Rio Rancho: sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 5:11 PM. That gives 10 h 39 min of daylight.
Nearby, Rio Rancho Estates and Perea (historical) go by the same clock as Rio Rancho.
Deliveries to Rio Rancho are sorted by 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Where does Rio Rancho fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Rio Rancho falls within America/Denver, with an offset of −7.
- Does the clock in Rio Rancho move for summer time?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Rio Rancho?
- Yes, it is 5:11 PM.