Mexico CityMexico
Current time in Mexico City, Mexico
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockMexico City time at a glance
- Country
- Mexico
- Location
- Capital city of Mexico
- Time zone
America/Mexico_City- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Mexico City time guide
Does Mexico City change its clocks?
UTC-06:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Standard Time (CST), UTC-06:00
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Mexico_City
- Mexico City and London
- 6 hours behind during GMT; 7 hours behind during BST
- Mexico City and New York
- 1 hour behind during EST; 2 hours behind during EDT
Federal entity and metropolitan area
Mexico City is smaller than its cross-state metropolis
INEGI counted 9,209,944 residents in Ciudad de Mexico in 2020. The Valley of Mexico metropolitan area also includes municipalities in the State of Mexico and Hidalgo, so metropolitan totals are much larger.
Time-zone identity for Mexico City
- IANA zone
America/Mexico_City- UTC offset now
- UTC-06:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Mexico City is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Mexico City
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Mexico City
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Mexico_City, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
- UTC-06:00 UTC-06:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC-05:00 UTC-05:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC-06:00 UTC-06:00UTC offset decreased by
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Mexico City, capital of Mexico
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Mexico
- Administrative area
- Mexico
- Population
- 12,294,193
- Coordinates
- 19.4285° N, 99.1277° W. The elevation is 2,240 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Mexico City
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Mexico City. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- CuauhtémocMexico City, Mexico2.7 km northwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - Venustiano CarranzaMexico City, Mexico2.9 km northeast
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - Benito JuarezMexico City, Mexico4.6 km southwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - IztacalcoMexico City, Mexico4.8 km southeast
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - Colonia NativitasMexico City, Mexico5.3 km south
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - Colonia del ValleMexico City, Mexico5.9 km southwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time
Sources for Mexico City time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Ciudad de Mexico population profileNational Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) · 2020 census · AccessedOfficial federal-entity population, sex and density indicators.