Current time in Cancún, Mexico
Eastern Standard Time
UTC−05:00- Time zone
- Eastern Standard Time · America/Cancun
- UTC offset now
- UTC−05:00
- Abbreviation
- EST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−5 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Quintana Roo, Mexico · 21.17° N, 86.85° W
- Population
- 888,797
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Cancún at about 12:47 standard time: the clock runs about 47 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:31 and 13:02 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:51 | 18:58 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:06 | 19:31 | 13h 25m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:36 | 18:43 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:20 | 18:11 | 10h 51m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:38–18:36 (11 h 59 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Mérida · 290 km · clock 1 h behind
- Belize City, Belize · 430 km · clock 1 h behind
- Belmopan, Belize · 480 km · clock 1 h behind
- Havana, Cuba · 510 km · clock 1 h ahead
- George Town, Cayman Islands · 610 km
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras · 790 km · clock 1 h behind
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- George Town, Cayman Islands · 610 km
- Kingston, Jamaica · 1,110 km
- Panama City, Panama · 1,570 km
- Barranquilla, Colombia · 1,720 km
- Medellín, Colombia · 2,060 km
- Cali, Colombia · 2,270 km