Time in Mexico City
Mexico City runs on America/Mexico_City, currently UTC-6 (CST). Its clocks never change, so that offset holds all year.
Mexico City, Mexico
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Mexico_City
- Abbreviation
- CST
- Standard offset
- UTC-6
- Daylight offset
- —
- Country
- Mexico (MX)
- Coordinates
- 19.43, -99.13
Daylight saving time
This city does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year.
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:22
- Sunset
- 18:49
- Daylight
- 12 hours 27 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Mexico City in?
- Mexico City uses the America/Mexico_City time zone, currently UTC-6 (CST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Mexico City observe daylight saving time?
- No. Mexico City keeps UTC-6 all year round, so its offset from UTC never changes.
- What is the difference between Mexico City and UTC?
- UTC-6 as of the last rebuild. That figure is constant, because the city does not change its clocks.
- When does the sun rise and set in Mexico City?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:22 and sunset 18:49 local time, giving 12 hours 27 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.