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Rio Grande City border wait times

Rio Grande City is a Mexico land crossing, open 7 am-11 pm. CBP is reporting on 1 lane group here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Rio Grande City on the Mexico border, live from CBP. 1 lane group reporting now.

Live from CBP · checked 04:18 UTC on 31 August 2026

Rio Grande City wait right now, northbound into the U.S.Rio Grande City wait right now

10 min Standard lane, northbound into the U.S.

Only 2 of 3 car lanes are open right now.

Trucks · General

Lanes Closed

Best time to cross

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Northbound is lightest from 9 PM to 7 AM and worst around 7 AM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.

Which lane should you use?

General 10 min

Open to anyone, no sign-up.

2 of 3 open

The nearest crossing

This crossing 10 min, cars · here

Roma 5 min, cars · 14 mi west

Roma is about 5 minutes faster right now, 14 mi west. Worth the drive if you are not crossing on foot.

Documents you will need

U.S. citizens Passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license.

Permanent residents Green card (Form I-551).

Visitors Passport plus a visa or ESTA where required.

Children under 16 A birth certificate is accepted by land.

Rio Grande City crossing, common questions

How long is the wait at Rio Grande City right now?

The figure at the top of this page is the delay CBP itself reports for passenger vehicles in the general lanes, refreshed every few minutes while the page is open. CBP measures each lane group separately, so pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from cars.

Do NEXUS, SENTRI and Ready lanes actually save time here?

Where CBP staffs them, yes, and this page shows their delay side by side with the general lanes so you can see the gap today rather than in general. When a trusted traveler lane shows no reading it is closed, and the general lane is the only option.

Why does the wait jump around so much?

CBP recalculates from vehicles actually processed, and opens or closes booths through the day. A crossing can go from ten minutes to forty in one update when a lane closes, which is why a number from an hour ago is not worth much.

Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.