When will the power be back in McAllen, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
McAllen is a city of about 148,782 residents in Hidalgo County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for McAllen by name, so this page reports the Hidalgo County county-wide view, which covers McAllen. If a serving utility does name McAllen during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in McAllen:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around McAllen: the closest other places we track are Mission, about 5 miles to the west; Pharr, about 5 miles to the southeast; Alton, about 6 miles to the northwest; and San Juan, about 6 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Hidalgo (8 mi S), Palmview (8 mi W), Alamo (9 mi E), Edinburg (9 mi NE), Donna (13 mi SE), Weslaco (17 mi E), Mercedes (21 mi E) and Raymondville (34 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingsville (92 mi); northeast toward Corpus Christi (114 mi); east toward Harlingen (34 mi); west toward Rio Grande City (37 mi); and northwest toward Laredo (120 mi).
Who serves McAllen?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas and Oncor in Hidalgo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Magic Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Hidalgo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Hidalgo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.5 hr. The full record for Hidalgo County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in McAllen, TX?
To check your own street, search a McAllen ZIP code — 78501, 78502, 78503, 78504 or 78505 — and the map opens on that area.
