Mexico City — America/Mexico_City
The current local time in the America/Mexico_City IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Mexico. The zone is currently at UTC -06:00 · CST and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Mexico_City
Thursday, 22 October 2026 CST
Zone information
Countries using America/Mexico_City
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
| 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.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Mexico City
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Mexico_City on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Bahia_Banderas Belize America/Belize Chihuahua America/Chihuahua Costa Rica America/Costa_Rica El Salvador America/El_Salvador Guatemala America/Guatemala Managua America/Managua Merida America/Merida Monterrey America/Monterrey Regina America/Regina Swift Current America/Swift_Current Tegucigalpa America/Tegucigalpa Galapagos Pacific/Galapagos More references for America/Mexico_City
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