Time in Mexico 🇲🇽
The current local time in Mexico is anchored on Mexico City (America/Mexico_City, UTC -06:00 · CST).
Mexico City local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CST
Mexico at a glance
- Capital
- Mexico City
- ISO codes
- MX · MEX
- Clocks in use today
- 2 time zones
- tz database zones
- 12
- Dialing code
- +52
- Currency
- Mexican Peso (MXN)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Mexico
Mexico spans 2 different clock times across the zones listed below. The IANA tz database lists 12 zone identifiers for Mexico; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Mexico_City · Mexico City | UTC -06:00 | — | None |
America/Monterrey · Monterrey | UTC -06:00 | — | None |
America/Tijuana · Tijuana | UTC -08:00 | UTC -07:00 | Forward 8 March · Back 1 November |
Mexico City vs. major cities
How far Mexico City is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Mexico City, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Mexico City | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Paris · France | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +8 h | 17:00 | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +10 h | 19:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +11:30 h | 20:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +14 h | 23:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Mexico City time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Mexico City
Since 1970, Mexico City has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 27 of 57 years. Since 2023 it has stayed on UTC -06:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Mexico City stays on UTC -06:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1995 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1996–2022 | UTC -06:00, DST UTC -05:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in April, back on the last Sunday in October (since 2002) |
| 2023–2026 | UTC -06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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