Ruidoso in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.3317, -105.6730
- Elevation
- 2051 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 739
- Region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2634 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
Find out what time it is now in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States — the local clock runs on America/Denver (−7).
Ruidoso, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−7 · America/Denver
Local time in Ruidoso
UTC−7 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:25 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Ruidoso right now
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Ruidoso and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 88345
- 88355
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 Ruidoso
- Ruidoso Baja California, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Ponderosa Heights — 1.8 km
- Hollywood — 3.6 km
- Alpine Cellars Village — 5.1 km
- Carrizo — 6.2 km
- Ruidoso Downs — 6.4 km
- Alto — 7.5 km
About the time in Ruidoso
The sun rises at 6:25 AM above Ruidoso and sets at 5:10 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 45 min.
Time runs the same in Ruidoso and in nearby Ponderosa Heights and Hollywood.
Ruidoso is mapped by 2 postal codes.
Time in Ruidoso is measured by America/Denver, at UTC−7. Whether clocks are moved for summer: No.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Ruidoso?
- The local time zone in Ruidoso is America/Denver, with an offset of −7.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Ruidoso?
- Daylight saving time in Ruidoso: No.
- How late does the sun set in Ruidoso?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:10 PM.