El Refugio in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.3403, -98.7559
- Elevation
- 46 m above sea level
- Population
- 331
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2457 km away
- Same name
- 489 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Refugio, Texas, United States
Current local time for El Refugio, Texas, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
El Refugio, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in El Refugio
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Refugio, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:27 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in El Refugio right now
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El Refugio and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78547 Garciasville — 6.8 km away
- 78582 Rio Grande City — 8.1 km away
- 78548 Grulla — 12.1 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
Other places named El Refugio
- El Refugio Jalisco, Mexico
- El Refugio Jalisco, Mexico
- El Refugio Morelos, Mexico
- El Refugio Zacatecas, Mexico
- El Refugio Guerrero, 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
- El Refugio Colonia — 0.2 km
- Tamez Colonia — 0.6 km
- La Puerta Number 2 Colonia — 1.1 km
- La Puerta — 1.2 km
- Garza-Salinas Ii — 1.3 km
- Garza-Salinas Number 2 Colonia — 1.4 km
Local time details for El Refugio
Postal codes valid in El Refugio number 3.
El Refugio observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
The sky over El Refugio lightens at 6:51 AM and the sun sets at 5:49 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 59 min today.
Time in El Refugio Colonia and Tamez Colonia, both close to El Refugio, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does El Refugio observe?
- El Refugio observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, El Refugio?
- Daylight saving time in El Refugio: No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in El Refugio.
- The sunrise hour is 6:51 AM.