Mexico
Time now in El Refugio
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 07:07Sunset 07:59Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Matamoros
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
56
Sunrise
07:07
Sunset
07:59
Day length
12h 52m
Coordinates
25.85, -97.67
Time difference from El Refugio
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) El Refugio right now.
El Refugio on the map
About the time in El Refugio
El Refugio runs on America/Matamoros, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 56 people live in El Refugio, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
El Refugio is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in El Refugio
- How far ahead or behind UTC is El Refugio?
- El Refugio is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in El Refugio right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in El Refugio, updating every second from America/Matamoros (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Matamoros, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is El Refugio in?
- El Refugio uses America/Matamoros, currently UTC −5.
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