El Rio Colonia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.2434, -98.4533
- Elevation
- 50 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2441 km away
What time is it in El Rio Colonia, Texas, United States
Below is the local time in El Rio Colonia, Texas, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
El Rio Colonia, United States
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in El Rio Colonia
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in El Rio Colonia.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 7:04 PM Daylight 11 h 29 min Night 12 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 7:28 PM
Weather in El Rio Colonia right now
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El Rio Colonia and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78560 La Joya — 2.1 km away
- 78576 Penitas — 3.9 km away
- 78565 Los Ebanos — 10.8 km away
- 78595 Sullivan City — 11.4 km away
- 78574 Mission — 11.8 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
- Penitas — 1.7 km
- Carlos Acres Colonia — 4.3 km
- Riverside Estates Colonia — 4.4 km
- Chihuahua — 4.5 km
- Abram-Perezville — 4.5 km
- Pleasant Valley Ranch Colonia — 4.6 km
Time and daylight in El Rio Colonia
Postal areas within El Rio Colonia come to 5.
El Rio Colonia runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:35 AM in El Rio Colonia today and sunset at 7:04 PM. That marks 11 h 29 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in El Rio Colonia and in nearby Penitas and Carlos Acres Colonia.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for El Rio Colonia?
- The designation used for El Rio Colonia is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in El Rio Colonia include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for El Rio Colonia?
- 7:35 AM.