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Time in Mexico now

05:52:17AM

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

International Pancake Day / Chinese New Year / Independence Day (Kosovo)

Mexico has 4 time zones. The time zone for the capital Mexico City is used here.
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Time zone info for Mexico

UTC -6

Central Standard Time (CST)
now 1 hour behind New York

The time in Mexico is 1 hour behind the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 2 hours behind the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Mexico does not change between summer time and winter time.
Latest time zone news: Changes in Mexico time zones
The IANA time zone identifier for Mexico is America/Mexico_City.

Time difference
from Mexico

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Mexico on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 1,972,550 km²
Capital: Mexico City
Currency: Peso (MXN)
Calling code: +52
Internet top level domain: .mx
Latitude: 23.00. Longitude: -102.00
Population: 126,191,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Mexico 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.