El Centro in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.6803, -98.4333
- Elevation
- 92 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2408 km away
- Same name
- 65 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Centro, Texas, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in El Centro, Texas, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
El Centro, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in El Centro
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Centro keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in El Centro right now
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El Centro and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 92243
- 92244
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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
Other places named El Centro
- El Centro California, United States
- El Centro Zacatecas, Mexico
- El Centro Guanajuato, Mexico
- El Centro Jalisco, Mexico
- El Centro Jalisco, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Delmita — 2.1 km
- Arkansas City — 2.1 km
- Gloria Colonia — 3.4 km
- San Isidro — 4.5 km
- La Reforma — 5.9 km
- Old Santa Elena — 6.4 km
About the time in El Centro
El Centro is split into 2 postal code areas.
El Centro keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
Today's sun rises in El Centro at 6:49 AM, then sets at 5:48 PM. The day offers 10 h 59 min of daylight.
Arkansas City and Delmita are neighbours of El Centro on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for El Centro?
- The correct time zone for El Centro is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in El Centro?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in El Centro?
- It is 6:49 AM.