Current time in Mexico
What time it is in Mexico right now, to the second: Mexico City time, which most of the country uses, plus Cancún, the Pacific coast, Tijuana and the border towns that, as of 2026, still change their clocks with the US.
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Time in Mexico City
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Time in Mexico City: the clock starts when the page has loaded.
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As of 2026, Mexico City is on UTC−6 all year: only towns on the US border still change their clocks.
Mexico’s time zones
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Central zone (Zona Centro)
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Most of Mexico: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Mérida, Chihuahua and Bahía de Banderas
- Time zone
- Central Standard Time
- Offsets
- UTC−6 all year (as of 2026)
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Pacific zone (Zona Pacífico)
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Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora and Nayarit, except Bahía de Banderas: La Paz, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Hermosillo and Tepic
- Time zone
- Mexican Pacific Standard Time
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- UTC−7 all year (as of 2026)
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Northwest zone (Zona Noroeste)
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Baja California: Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada, on California’s time
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- Pacific Time
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- UTC−8; UTC−7 in summer time (as of 2026)
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Southeast zone (Zona Sureste)
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Quintana Roo: Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Chetumal
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- Eastern Standard Time
- Offsets
- UTC−5 all year (as of 2026)
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Ciudad Juárez and the Chihuahua border
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Ciudad Juárez and nearby border towns, on the same time as El Paso, Texas
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- Mountain Time
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- UTC−7; UTC−6 in summer time (as of 2026)
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Northeast border
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Ojinaga and the border towns of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, such as Piedras Negras, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros, on Texas time
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- Central Time
- Offsets
- UTC−6; UTC−5 in summer time (as of 2026)
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Mexico’s official time, as of 2026
- Mexico stopped daylight saving time in October 2022 under its Time Zones Law (Ley de los Husos Horarios). Mexico City and most of the country stay on UTC−6 all year.
- The law sets four zones: Central (UTC−6), Pacific (UTC−7: Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora and Nayarit), Northwest (UTC−8: Baja California) and Southeast (UTC−5: Quintana Roo).
- Only towns on the US border still change their clocks, on the US dates: forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, at 2:00. Baja California keeps California’s time, Ciudad Juárez El Paso’s, and the border towns of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas Texas’s.
- Cancún and the rest of Quintana Roo moved to UTC−5 all year in 2015, for longer evenings: the same as New York in winter.
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How to check the time in Mexico
- The big clock shows the time in Mexico City right now, to the second, with the date there. Untick Show seconds for a calmer clock, or switch between the 12- and 24-hour clock.
- Under it: the time zone and its UTC offset, whether daylight saving time is on, the next clock change and how far it is from your own time.
- The list gives the time in every zone. To convert another time or plan a meeting, open the time zone converter.
Questions
Does Mexico still have daylight saving time?
Mostly not. Mexico ended it in October 2022, and as of 2026 only towns along the US border change their clocks, on the same days as the US. Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Cancún keep the same time all year.
What’s the time difference between Mexico City and New York?
As of 2026, Mexico City is 1 hour behind New York in winter and 2 hours behind from March to November, while the US is on daylight saving time and Mexico isn’t.
Is Cancún on the same time as Mexico City?
No. As of 2026, Cancún and the rest of Quintana Roo are an hour ahead of Mexico City all year, on UTC−5.