El Rancho Vela Colonia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.4065, -98.7673
- Elevation
- 86 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2453 km away
What time is it in El Rancho Vela Colonia, Texas, United States
This page answers what time it is in El Rancho Vela Colonia, Texas, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
El Rancho Vela Colonia, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in El Rancho Vela Colonia
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Rancho Vela Colonia keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in El Rancho Vela Colonia right now
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El Rancho Vela Colonia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78582 Rio Grande City — 4.5 km away
- 78547 Garciasville — 10.9 km away
- 78548 Grulla — 17.6 km away
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
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
- El Mesquite Colonia — 2.4 km
- Valle Hermoso — 3.3 km
- Valle Hermosa Colonia — 3.4 km
- North Santa Cruz Colonia — 4.5 km
- Los Olmos Colonia — 4.6 km
- Garza-Salinas Colonia — 4.7 km
Time and daylight in El Rancho Vela Colonia
Postal codes assigned across El Rancho Vela Colonia total 3.
El Rancho Vela Colonia counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Daylight in El Rancho Vela Colonia starts at 6:50 AM and ends at 5:50 PM today. It lasts 11 h 00 min.
Travelling from El Rancho Vela Colonia to El Mesquite Colonia or Valle Hermoso does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in El Rancho Vela Colonia?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in El Rancho Vela Colonia; its offset is −6.
- Does El Rancho Vela Colonia shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in El Rancho Vela Colonia: No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in El Rancho Vela Colonia?
- It rises at 6:50 AM.