Current time in Mexico City

Central Mexican time, six hours behind UTC all year

Mexico City runs on the time of the country’s central zone, the Zona Centro, at UTC−6 in every season. That is the same offset as Chicago’s winter time. In winter the two cities agree; when the United States moves to daylight time, Chicago is one hour ahead. New York is one hour ahead of Mexico City in winter and two hours ahead in summer.

Summer time ended in 2022

Mexico used daylight saving time, the horario de verano, from 1996 to 2022. Congress abolished it in October 2022, and clocks in the capital went back for the last time on 30 October of that year. The exception is a strip of municipalities along the northern border, including Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, which still change on the US dates so that both sides of each crossing keep the same time.

Four time zones from Cancún to Tijuana

Mexico has four time zones. The south-east zone covers the state of Quintana Roo, where Cancún has been on UTC−5 all year since 2015 to give tourists more evening daylight, so it is always one hour ahead of the capital. The central zone covers most of the country. The Pacific zone, at UTC−7, includes Sonora and Sinaloa, and the north-west zone is Baja California, which shares its clock with the US state of California.

Mexico City: time zone at a glance

Time zone

America/Mexico_City

UTC offset

UTC−6, all year

Clock changes

None scheduled

Dates reflect the rules in force when this page was last updated. Governments can change them at short notice.

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