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CURRENT LOCAL TIME

Time in Mexico City, Mexico

· Central Standard Time

CST · UTC−6—— H FROM YOUAMERICA/MEXICO_CITY

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Mexico City against your time zone

Reading your time zone to compare it with Mexico City…

Mexico City compared with your time zone, hour by hour, with the working-hour overlap shaded
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Mexico City time zone facts

IANA time zoneAmerica/Mexico_City
Offset nowUTC−6 (CST)
Offset all yearUTC−6 (CST)
Next clock changeNone — this zone does not change clocks
CountryMexico (MX)
Population12,294,193
Coordinates19.43, -99.13
Places in this zone87

Best hours to reach Mexico City

From New York
2 hours ahead of Mexico City · their morning
09:00–16:00
11:00–18:00 EDT
From San Francisco
1 hour behind Mexico City · their morning
10:00–18:00
09:00–17:00 PDT
From Bengaluru
11½ hours ahead of Mexico City · their morning
22:00–00:00
09:00–11:00 IST

Local times in Mexico City on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.

About time in Mexico City

Mexico City keeps Central Standard Time, UTC−6 from UTC all year. The offset never changes, so any difference between you and Mexico City moves only when your own clocks do.

Mexico City shares the zone America/Mexico_City with Iztapalapa, Ecatepec de Morelos, Guadalajara, Puebla, so a time here is also the time there. One canonical page per zone keeps the difference honest: the settlement name changes, the clock does not.

Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.

Mexico City converted to other zones

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Cities on the same offset today

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COMMON QUESTIONS

What time is it in Mexico City right now?

The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Mexico City to the second. Mexico City is on Central Standard Time, UTC−6 — the same clock as every other place in the zone America/Mexico_City.

Does Mexico City observe daylight saving time?

No. Mexico City stays on UTC−6 all year, so the difference between you and Mexico City only changes when your own clocks do.

What time zone is Mexico City in?

Mexico City uses the IANA zone America/Mexico_City, currently CST (UTC−6). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.

Which other places read the same time as Mexico City?

Iztapalapa, Ecatepec de Morelos, Guadalajara, Puebla, León de los Aldama all sit in America/Mexico_City, so they read exactly the same clock, daylight saving changes included.