TapachulaMexico
Current time in Tapachula, Mexico
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
⛶ Full-screen clockTapachula time at a glance
- Country
- Mexico
- Location
- City in Chiapas
- Time zone
America/Merida- UTC offset now
UTC-06:00- Current zone label
- GMT-6
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Tapachula
- IANA zone
America/Merida- 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.
Tapachula is currently 6 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Tapachula
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Tapachula
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Merida, 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.
Location context
About Tapachula
Location details for Tapachula in Chiapas, Mexico.
- Administrative area
- Chiapas, Mexico
- Population
- 353,706
- Coordinates
- 14.9054° N, 92.2589° W. The elevation is 165 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Tapachula
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Tapachula. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- CacahoatánChiapas, Mexico14 km northeast
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - HuixtlaChiapas, Mexico34 km northwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - MotozintlaChiapas, Mexico51 km north
America/MeridaSame local time - ComalapaChiapas, Mexico85 km north
America/MeridaSame local time - MapastepecChiapas, Mexico90 km northwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time - PijijiapanChiapas, Mexico134 km northwest
America/Mexico_CitySame local time
Sources for Tapachula time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.