Time in Mexico City
It is 19:27 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 in Mexico City. Mexico City is in Mexico. Civil time uses the IANA zone America/Mexico_City at -06:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Mexico City uses America/Mexico_City. Mexico largely stopped observing daylight saving in 2022 (with limited border exceptions), so the capital usually stays on standard time year-round.
Office hours commonly run 09:00–18:00. Overlap with New York is generous through the workday; Europe’s morning catches Mexico City’s early hours.
Most of Mexico ended DST in 2022. US border municipalities can still change; Mexico City does not. “CT” in a US invite is not Mexico City time in summer.
Mexico City time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC-06:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- IANA
- America/Mexico_City
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Mexico City
Mexico City is currently on its standard offset. Mexico City does not change its clocks. The offset stays -06:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Mexico City today
The sun rises at 06:24 and sets at 18:38, giving 12 h 14 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:31, 31 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Mexico City sits west of the 90° W meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:24
- Sunset
- 18:38
- Daylight
- 12 h 14 m
- Solar noon
- 12:31Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Mexico City
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Mexico City and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Mexico City
- Population
- 9,209,944The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 19.3538° N, 99.1359° WLatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Mexican Peso (MXN)
- Calling code
- +52Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Spanish
- Airports
- MEXBenito Juárez InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Mexico City local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Mexico City
- What time is it in Mexico City right now?
- It is 19:27 in Mexico City as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Mexico City uses the IANA zone America/Mexico_City, currently -06:00.
- Which time zone is Mexico City in?
- Mexico City is in the CST time zone (America/Mexico_City), currently -06:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Mexico City observe daylight saving time?
- No. Mexico City stays on -06:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Mexico City ahead of or behind UTC?
- Mexico City is currently at -06:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Mexico City is 06:00.
Well-known places in Mexico City
If you are checking the time in Mexico City because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Mexico City Metropolitan CathedralRead more on Wikipedia
- National Museum of AnthropologyRead more on Wikipedia
- Templo MayorRead more on Wikipedia