Time zones · 12 IANA zones

What time is it in Mexico?

· Mexico City

Offsets now
UTC-8 UTC-7 UTC-6 UTC-5
During the year
UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5
Daylight saving 2026
in part of the country

Each region is coloured by the zone where most of its people live (based on GeoNames cities) – zone borders don’t always follow regional borders.

Time zones

ZoneNowUTCNext change
America/Bahia_Banderas
e.g. Mezcales
Bahia de Banderas
UTC-6 none
America/Cancun
e.g. Cancún
Quintana Roo
UTC-5 none
America/Chihuahua
e.g. Chihuahua
Chihuahua (most areas)
UTC-6 none
America/Ciudad_Juarez
e.g. Ciudad Juárez
Chihuahua (US border - west)
UTC-7 March 14, 2027 – UTC-6
America/Hermosillo
e.g. Hermosillo
Sonora
UTC-7 none
America/Matamoros
e.g. Reynosa
Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (US border)
UTC-6 March 14, 2027 – UTC-5
America/Mazatlan
e.g. Culiacán
Baja California Sur, Nayarit (most areas), Sinaloa
UTC-7 none
America/Merida
e.g. Mérida
Campeche, Yucatan
UTC-6 none
America/Mexico_City
e.g. Mexico City
Central Mexico
UTC-6 none
America/Monterrey
e.g. Monterrey
Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (most areas)
UTC-6 none
America/Ojinaga
e.g. Ojinaga
Chihuahua (US border - east)
UTC-6 March 14, 2027 – UTC-5
America/Tijuana
e.g. Tijuana
Baja California
UTC-8 March 14, 2027 – UTC-7

Time in cities of Mexico