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Nogales Mariposa border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Nogales Mariposa, from Nogales, Sonora into Nogales, Arizona, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Garita Mariposa.

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Cars, standard lanes
Pending
Cars, SENTRI
Pending
Cars, Ready Lane
Pending
Walking, standard lanes
Pending
Walking, Ready Lane
Pending
Posted by CBP
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Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 6 am to 10 pm, local time. Up to 13 car lanes. Up to 6 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 260402.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Monday at 6 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Monday at 7 PM (128 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 6 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Tuesday at 7 AM (15 min).

Every lane Now and usually

LaneNowOpenUsualReadings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanesPending—43 min350
Cars, SENTRIPending——0
Cars, Ready LanePending——0
Walking, standard lanesPending—1 min348
Walking, Ready LanePending——0

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. SENTRI is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
6 AM0000000
7 AM458042394282
8 AM56803444332010
9 AM62805849324848
10 AM58784826399053
11 AM638045222212090
12 PM75353422559190
1 PM6065383130120150
2 PM805540363610588
3 PM75333031235865
4 PM10545628266089
5 PM85337141382103
6 PM112281414136593
7 PM1283512161837100
8 PM11523861020123
9 PM9020514290
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 43 min, from 350 readings.

On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
6 AM0000000
7 AM8151261000
8 AM0005000
9 AM7000000
10 AM0000000
11 AM0000000
12 PM0000000
1 PM0000000
2 PM0000000
3 PM0000000
4 PM0000000
5 PM0000000
6 PM0000000
7 PM0010000
8 PM0020000
9 PM0000000
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 1 min, from 348 readings.

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

CrossingBy carOn footPosted
Nogales DeConcini 75 min No wait Oct 29, 11:00 PM MST old
Nogales – Morley Gate — Pending —
Douglas Closed 1 min Oct 30, 4:00 AM PST
San Luis 45 min 30 min Oct 30, 4:00 AM MST
Lukeville Pending — —
Naco Pending Pending —

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

HourAverageBar
6 AM0 min
7 AM35 min
8 AM40 min
9 AM53 min
10 AM52 min
11 AM54 min
12 PM53 min
1 PM59 min
2 PM59 min
3 PM44 min
4 PM44 min
5 PM43 min
6 PM40 min
7 PM44 min
8 PM42 min
9 PM25 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29

150 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Nogales Mariposa

How long is the wait at Nogales Mariposa right now?

CBP posted no wait at its last reading. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Monday at 6 AM and longest on Monday at 7 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 6 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

When is it open?

6 am to 10 pm, local time.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download. Esta página en español.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.

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