Current time in Mexico City, Mexico
Central Standard Time
UTC−06:00- Time zone
- Central Standard Time · America/Mexico_City
- UTC offset now
- UTC−06:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−6 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Mexico (capital) · 19.43° N, 99.13° W
- Population
- 12,294,193
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Mexico City at about 12:37 standard time: the clock runs about 37 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:20 and 12:51 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:40 | 18:47 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:59 | 19:17 | 13h 18m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:25 | 18:32 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:05 | 18:03 | 10h 58m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:26–18:26 (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
- Ecatepec de Morelos · 20 km
- Puebla · 110 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 180 km
- León de los Aldama · 330 km
- Guadalajara · 460 km
- Zapopan · 470 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Guatemala City, Guatemala · 1,060 km
- Belmopan, Belize · 1,120 km
- Belize City, Belize · 1,170 km
- San Salvador, El Salvador · 1,240 km
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras · 1,400 km
- Managua, Nicaragua · 1,600 km