Puerto Rico in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.6495, -98.3456
- Elevation
- 65 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2403 km away
- Same name
- 115 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Puerto Rico, Texas, United States
The present local time in Puerto Rico, Texas, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Puerto Rico, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Puerto Rico
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Puerto Rico.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 7:06 PM Daylight 11 h 31 min Night 12 h 29 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 7:29 PM
Weather in Puerto Rico right now
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Puerto Rico and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78536 Delmita — 7.5 km away
- 78563 Linn — 9.8 km away
- 78588 San Isidro — 13.1 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 Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Caquetá, Colombia
- Puerto Rico Misiones, Argentina
- Puerto Rico Canary Islands, Spain
- Puerto Rico Chiapas, Mexico
- Puerto Rico Campeche, 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
- La Reforma — 4.9 km
- Cipres — 5.1 km
- Delmita — 7.5 km
- Arkansas City — 8.9 km
- El Centro — 9.4 km
- Gloria Colonia — 11.3 km
Puerto Rico: clock, sun and surroundings
The full list of postal codes for Puerto Rico runs to 3.
Puerto Rico tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun comes up over Puerto Rico at 7:34 AM today and drops below the horizon at 7:06 PM. That is 11 h 31 min between the two.
Puerto Rico and nearby La Reforma and Cipres are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Puerto Rico follow?
- Puerto Rico follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Puerto Rico changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- What time is last light in Puerto Rico?
- The sun sets at 7:06 PM.