Time Zones in Mexico
Mexico spans one time zone (UTC-6) among the 3 cities tracked on Live Time Map. None of them observe daylight saving time, so their offsets stay the same all year. See the live local time for each city below, or use the interactive map to compare any of them against your own location.
Mexico facts
- Currency
- Mexican peso (MXN)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +52
- Time zones on this site
- 1
Clock time and solar time in Mexico
A country's clocks are a political choice, not an astronomical one, so they rarely line up with its own sun. Measured against local solar time, the clock in Guadalajara runs 53 minutes ahead of the sun, while in Mexico City it runs 37 minutes ahead of the sun.
That is a spread of 17 minutes between the two ends of Mexico's tracked cities, all of it the result of longitude rather than of the clock. The wider that gap, the more one shared office schedule means genuinely different amounts of morning light depending on where you are.
How much daylight changes through the year
Daylight is governed by latitude, not by the clock. Monterrey, at 25.7° north, gets 13 hours 45 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 10 hours 32 minutes on the shortest.
Mexico City, at 19.4° north, gets 13 hours 18 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 10 hours 57 minutes on the shortest. So the annual swing between longest and shortest day is 3 hours 13 minutes in Monterrey against 2 hours 21 minutes in Mexico City, within the same country.
Cities in Mexico
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Frequently asked questions
How many time zones does Mexico have?
Mexico uses a single time zone among the cities tracked here: UTC-6.
Does Mexico observe daylight saving time?
No, none of the cities tracked here observe daylight saving time.
Do clocks in Mexico match the sun?
Clocks and the sun are not the same thing. In Guadalajara the clock runs 53 minutes ahead of local solar time, so midday on the clock is not the moment the sun is highest.
How much does daylight change through the year in Mexico?
In Monterrey, the longest day of the year has 13 hours 45 minutes of daylight and the shortest has 10 hours 32 minutes.