Current time · Quintana Roo · Mexico
Current time in Cancún
- Time zone
- America/Cancun
- UTC offset
- UTC-5
- Name
- Eastern Standard Time (EST)
- Daylight saving 2026
- no
Clock changes in 2026
Cancún does not change its clocks in 2026 – it stays on UTC-5 all year.
Sun today
- Sunrise
- 6:50 AM
- Sunset
- 6:11 PM
- Day length
- 11 h 20 min
- Solar noon
- 12:30 PM
Civil dawn and dusk: 6:28 AM and 6:33 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (21.17, -86.85).
Time difference: Cancún and other cities
| City | Now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| London | +5 5 h ahead | |
| New York | ±0 same time | |
| Los Angeles | −3 3 h behind | |
| Chicago | −1 1 h behind | |
| San Francisco | −3 3 h behind | |
| Toronto | ±0 same time | |
| Mexico City | −1 1 h behind | |
| São Paulo | +2 2 h ahead | |
| Buenos Aires | +2 2 h ahead | |
| Paris | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Berlin | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Amsterdam | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Madrid | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Rome | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Warsaw | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Kyiv | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Moscow | +8 8 h ahead | |
| Istanbul | +8 8 h ahead | |
| Cairo | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Lagos | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Johannesburg | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Nairobi | +8 8 h ahead | |
| Dubai | +9 9 h ahead | |
| Mumbai | +10:30 10 h 30 min ahead | |
| New Delhi | +10:30 10 h 30 min ahead | |
| Bangkok | +12 12 h ahead | |
| Jakarta | +12 12 h ahead | |
| Singapore | +13 13 h ahead | |
| Hong Kong | +13 13 h ahead | |
| Beijing | +13 13 h ahead | |
| Shanghai | +13 13 h ahead | |
| Seoul | +14 14 h ahead | |
| Tokyo | +14 14 h ahead | |
| Sydney | +16 16 h ahead | |
| Auckland | +18 18 h ahead | |
| Honolulu | −5 5 h behind |
Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city
Nearby cities
Same time zone: America/Cancun
- Chetumal Mexico
In short
Cancún is in the America/Cancun time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC-5. Clocks here are 5 h behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Population: about 888,797 (GeoNames).