United States
Time now in El Refugio Colonia
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 07:11Sunset 08:04Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
242
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
08:04
Day length
12h 53m
Coordinates
26.34, -98.76
Time difference from El Refugio Colonia
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About the time in El Refugio Colonia
El Refugio Colonia runs on America/Chicago, 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal El Refugio Colonia day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
El Refugio Colonia 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 Colonia
- How far ahead or behind UTC is El Refugio Colonia?
- El Refugio Colonia 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 Colonia right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in El Refugio Colonia, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is El Refugio Colonia in?
- El Refugio Colonia uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- Does El Refugio Colonia change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
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