Rio Grande City border wait time
Mexican border, Texas. Live CBP-posted waits by lane, refreshed every 10 minutes.
as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026 · CBP feed stamp 2026-10-17 18:55:55 · auto-refreshes every two minutes with JavaScript on
Hours: 7 am-11 pm · port status: Open · Mexican border, Texas · local time zone: Central
- Rio Grande City (Texas) has a CBP-posted wait of 20 minutes for standard passenger vehicles as of , with 2 of 3 lanes open.
- Hours of operation: 7 am-11 pm (Central time); port status Open.
- Wait Time Report has tracked this crossing for 45 days, sampling CBP every 10 minutes.
Lanes right now
| Lane | Posted wait | Lanes open | CBP posted at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger vehicles, standard | 20 min | 2 of 3 | At 6:00 pm CDT |
| Commercial vehicles, standard | Lanes closed | – | – |
"CBP posted at" is CBP's own stamp, shown as published; its time-zone label is not reliable for every port. This crossing keeps Central time (America/Chicago).
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Wait Times, bwt.cbp.gov (public domain).
A typical day at this crossing
Passenger vehicles, standard
Commercial vehicles, standard
Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time, across the 45 days we have tracked, CBP's posted standard passenger-vehicle wait here has averaged lowest around 10 a.m. (3 minutes) and highest around 7 a.m. (11 minutes).
Other Texas crossings
- Brownsville B&M Bridge 90 min
- Brownsville Gateway 90 min
- Brownsville Los Indios 50 min
- Brownsville Veterans International 120 min
- Del Rio 60 min
- Eagle Pass Bridge I Lanes closed
- Eagle Pass Bridge II 45 min
- El Paso Bridge of the Americas 80 min
- El Paso Stanton DCL Lanes closed
- El Paso Ysleta Lanes closed
- Paso Del Norte Bridge 80 min
- Fort Hancock 5 min
- Anzalduas International Bridge 70 min
- Hidalgo 60 min
- Pharr 30 min
- Laredo Bridge I Lanes closed
- Laredo Bridge II 65 min
- Laredo Colombia Solidarity 5 min
- Laredo World Trade Bridge –
- Presidio 5 min
- Donna International Bridge 45 min
- Progreso International Bridge 45 min
- Roma 6 min
- Marcelino Serna (Tornillo) 30 min
About these numbers
CBP officers at the port estimate the wait from the end of the line to primary inspection and post it, usually hourly; the figure is for travelers entering the United States. See all border crossings for how to read each status, and CBP's own bwt.cbp.gov for alerts. Numbers baked into this page are from 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026.