Time Difference Between Mexico City and Shanghai
Mexico City is normally 14 hours behind Shanghai.
This page shows the live time difference between Mexico City, Mexico and Shanghai, China. Mexico City uses the America/Mexico_City time zone (UTC-6 standard) and Shanghai uses Asia/Shanghai (UTC+8 standard), so Mexico City is normally 14 hours behind Shanghai. Neither city changes its clocks for daylight saving, so the gap is the same all year. The clocks above update live, so you always see the current difference, which is handy for scheduling calls, meetings and travel between the two cities.
Mexico City
- Country
- Mexico
- Time zone
- America/Mexico_City
- Standard offset
- UTC-6
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Current offset
- …
Shanghai
- Country
- China
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Standard offset
- UTC+8
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Current offset
- …
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Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Mexico City and Shanghai?
Mexico City is normally 14 hours behind Shanghai (Mexico City is UTC-6, Shanghai is UTC+8). Daylight saving time can change this by an hour, so the live clocks above always show the current difference.
Is Mexico City ahead of or behind Shanghai?
Mexico City is behind Shanghai by 14 hours under standard time.
Do Mexico City and Shanghai use daylight saving time?
Mexico City stays on the same offset all year; Shanghai does not.