El Tonto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.5002, -99.5216
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2436 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Tonto, Texas, United States
Current local time for El Tonto, Texas, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
El Tonto, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in El Tonto
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in El Tonto, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 7:01 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 7:25 PM
Weather in El Tonto right now
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El Tonto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78040 Laredo — 2.8 km away
- 78041 Laredo — 7.0 km away
- 78042 Laredo — 8.5 km away
- 78046 Laredo — 11.6 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
Other places named El Tonto
- El Tonto Oaxaca, 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
- Laredo — 1.6 km
- Nye — 6.8 km
- Del Mar — 8.5 km
- Larga Vista Colonia — 9.0 km
- Larga Vista — 9.0 km
- Old Milwaukee West Colonia — 9.6 km
Local time details for El Tonto
Nearby settlements including Laredo and Nye match the time in El Tonto.
4 postal codes are listed for El Tonto.
The time zone here in El Tonto is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
The sun is up at 7:45 AM in El Tonto and down again at 7:01 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 16 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Can El Tonto's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, El Tonto's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in El Tonto include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- How late does the sun set in El Tonto?
- The last sunlight comes at 7:01 PM.