Current time in Mexico City
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Mexico City, Mexico · America/Mexico_City · UTC-06:00
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, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Mexico City
Conditions near Mexico City and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Moderate or heavy rain with thunder
- Feels like
- 25°C
- Humidity
- 44%
- Wind
- 9.4 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0.2 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby13°C to 24°C63% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.3 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby14°C to 23°C73% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.9 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby14°C to 23°C63% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.4 km/h
Forecast valid from 17:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:12:58.994Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:27:58.994Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Mexico City
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Mexico_City local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:07
- Sunset
- 19:18
- Solar noon
- 12:43
- Civil twilight
- 05:43–19:42
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:26
- Moonset
- 21:27
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 8%
Capital city context
About Mexico City, capital of Mexico
Mexico City is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Mexico. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- 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.
Country context
Mexico at a glance
Country information for Mexico. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Mexico City is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- MX · MEX · 484
- Population
- 126,190,788
- Currency
- Mexican Peso (MXN)
- Calling code
- +52
- Languages
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Time zones represented
- 12 time zones are used by cities in this directory: America/Bahia_Banderas, America/Cancun, America/Chihuahua, and America/Ciudad_Juarez, and 8 more.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Mexico_City when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3530597 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:12:58.974Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:12:58.994Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T20:30:29.826Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.