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With the start of daylight saving time in Canada on Sunday, March 10, 2024, México City, Mexico will be 2 hours behind Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Swap

Mexico time zones vs
Canada time zones

Mexico spans 4 time zones, ranging from UTC -5h to UTC -8h. in standard time. More info. | You can see Mexico larger map

Canada spans 6 time zones, 4 main time zones, Pacific (British Columbia) / Mountain / Yukon Terr. / Central / Eastern / and Atlantic time / Newfoundland & Labrador. More info. | You can see Canada larger map

Most of Mexico without daylight savings time in 2023
On October 30, 2022, daylight savings time ended in most of Mexico except Baja California and border cities.
On Sunday, November 5, Baja California and border cities with the US, turns the clock back one hour, at 2:00 a.m. it was 1:00 a.m.
More info

Canada Daylight Saving Time 2024
On Sunday, March 10, Canada turned the clock forward one hour, at 2:00 a.m. it was 3:00 a.m. More info

You can quickly check the current time difference between and Mexico and Canada by viewing the current time zone at the top right of both countries. time zone clocks . clock symbols info

Time zones in Mexico and Canada that share daylight saving time

With the end of the use of daylight saving time in 2022 for almost all of Mexico, Mexico shares daylight saving time in the following areas:
Baja California shares daylight saving time with British Columbia.
Ojinaga and the US-Mexico border cities shares daylight savings time with Manitoba.
Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua share daylight saving time with Alberta and the Northwest Territory .

Time zones Canada and Mexico without daylight saving time

Saskatchewan in the Central Time Zone without daylight saving time, shares the Central Time Zone of Mexico (including Chihuahua) except for Ojinaga which does use daylight saving time.
Canada: Saskatchewan* in CST (Central standard Time) and Yukon Territory in MST (Mountain Standard Time) both do not use daylight saving time. *most of Saskatchewan.
Mexico: Sonora, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa and Nayarit, in MST (Mountain standard Time), do not use daylight saving time.
Time zones that do not use daylight saving time throughout the year, appear with the color of the time zone more attenuated, in addition to the symbol that appears above the clock.
For eg Sonora in Mexico and the Yukon Territory in Canada, both with MST (Mountain Standard Time) throughout the year, appear in a lighter green.

Time difference between some Mexico states vs Canada

Time difference between Baja California, Mexico vs Canada

Mexico time zones with current time - map

Mexico spans 4 time zones, from west to east: Pacific Time - Mountain Time - Central Time - Eastern Time.
Mexico time zones - 24 hour clock format
Pacific zone Mountain Zone
Current Local Time Current Local Time
Tijuana, B.C. Culiacán, Sinaloa
PST = standard -8h
PDT = daylight -7h
MST = standard -7h
No daylight saving
  Sonora Mountain Time
  Current Local Time
 
  Hermosillo
  MST = standard -7h
No daylight saving
Central Zone Eastern Zone
Current Local Time Current Local Time
Mexico City, Mexico Cancún, Q. Roo
CST = standard -6h
No daylight saving
EST = standard -5h
No daylight saving

Note: Sonora in the Mountain Time Zone does not use summer time.
Baja California and border cities of Mexico with the US, use daylight saving time as United States
The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, PST Pacific standard time / PDT Pacific daylight time, plus the symbols that appear next to the clock time

Border city between Mexico and the US.
Cd. Juárez (Mountain) border city with the US Chihuahua Central Time
Border city State
Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua
MST = standard -7h
MDT = daylight -6h
Mountain Time Zone
CST = standard -6h
No daylight saving 
Central Time Zone
Instead of the usual time change in November, Ciudad Juárez and Ojinaga turned back the clock 1 hour on October 30, 2022. Note: On 11/30/22 Ciudad Juárez returns to Mountain time. More info.
Baja California
Pacific Time Zone - Baja California
PST standard -8h
PDT daylight -7h
Border cities between Mexico and the US.
Border cities of Central Mexico with the US México Central Time
Border cities State
Anáhuac Nuevo León
Ciudad Acuña Coahuila
Matamoros Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas
Ojinaga* Chihuahua*
Piedras Negras Coahuila
Reynosa Tamaulipas
CST = standard -6h
CDT = daylight -5h
Mexico Time Zone Map
Mx Border cities map
States of the Central Zone of Mexico without daylight saving time, except the bordering cities with the US.
CST = standard -6h
No daylight saving
*Ojinaga continues to use Daylight Saving Time but in the Central Time Zone as of 10/30/2022.
*All of Chihuahua, as of 10/30/2022, will use Central Time UTC -6 (except Ciudad Juárez) which uses the Mountain Time UTC -7 in winter and UTC -6 in daylight saving time.

No daylight savings time in Mexico* 2023

Mexico has observed 2 daylight saving time changes from 1996 to 2022.

1) Most of the states of Mexico, has observed daylight saving time, except Sonora UTC -7, and Quintana Roo UTC -5, which have used the same time zone throughout the year.
Note: Ciudad Acuña and Ciudad Juárez, turned the clock back 1 hour on October 30, 2022 instead of November 6, at the same time that all of Chihuahua (including Ciudad Juárez and Ojinaga) switched time zones from the Mountain Time Zone to the Central Time Zone UTC -6h, so the clock time was not changed. Last time zone note: On 11/30/2022 Ciudad Juárez, return to Mountain Time Zone UTC -7h. (MST) in Mountain Standard Time.

Information: On October 26, the Mexican Senate announced that it passed a law to eliminate Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Mexico, which means that from October 30, 2022, when most of Mexico turns the clock back 1 hour, Mexico will only use the standard time in all its time zones, except border cities with the US

Mexico will have spent 26 years using the time change, from 1996 to 2022. The Law excludes Baja California and the border cities of Mexico with the USA.

Mexico* without time change 2023
No dst No dst
Mexico
No DST
Mexico
No DST
No daylight Saving On the last Sunday in October 2022, at 2:00 a.m., turned the clock back 1 hour. (last time change)
Note: Baja California and the cities bordering Mexico with the US, make the same time change as the United States.

Time change in Baja California and US-MX border cities 2023

2) All of Baja California, and border cities between Mexico and the United States.
-Border cities of Mexico with US: Anáhuac (Nuevo León) - Matamoros - Nuevo Laredo - Ojinaga - Piedras Negras - Reynosa.

-Baja California and border cities between Mexico and the US, observe the same time change as the US.

Daylight Saving 2023 Baja California and Mexico border cities with the US
Starts + 1h Ends - 1h
March-12 Sun.
2:00 → 3:00
Nov.-5 Sun.
2:00 → 1:00
On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., turns the clock forward 1 hour. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., turns the clock back 1 hour.
Current time and time zones in Baja California and Mexico border cities

Canada time zones with current time map

There are 6 time zones in Canada that spans four and a half hours, ranging from UTC -8 (Pacific) to UTC -3:30 (Atlantic - NL) in standard time. From west to east these time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic Time (Labrador) and Newfoundland & Labrador (NL). For time zone exceptions, see the enlarged map of Canada
Canada time zones - 24 hour clock format
Pacific time zone Mountain t. zone
Current Pacific Time Current Mountain Time
Vancouver (B.Columbia) Edmonton (Alberta)
CA Pacific Time Zone CA Mountain Time Z.
PST = standard -8h
PDT = daylight -7h
MST = standard -7h
MDT = daylight -6h
Central time zone Eastern time zone
Current Central Time Current Eastern Time
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Ottawa ON - Quebec
CA Central Time Zone CA Eastern Time Z.
CST = standard -6h
CDT = daylight -5h
EST = standard -5h
EDT = daylight -4h
2 time zones (east of Canada)
Atlantic Time Z. Newfoundland
Current Atlantic Time Newfoundland Time
Labrador City St. John's
AST = standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
NST = std -3h30
NDT = daylight -2h30
See moore Atlantic Zone more cities Newfoundland

The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, PST Pacific standard time / PDT Pacific daylight time, plus the symbols that appear next to the clock time

Canada Atlantic Time Zone
Labrador N.L.* New Brunsbrick T.
Cartwright Dieppe
Churchill Falls Fredericton
Happy Vallley-G.Bay Moncton Most populous city
Hopedale Riverview
Labrador City Saint John
Nain  
AST = standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
AST = standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
Nova Scotia Time Prince Edward Island
Amherst Cornwall
Cape Breton Charlottetown
Halifax Montague
New Glasgow Stratford
Truro Summerside
AST = standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
AST= standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
Quebec - Atlantic* Quebec - Atlantic*
Cap-aux-Meules Blanc-Sablon
Magdalen Islands Kegaska
AST = standard -4h
ADT = daylight -3h
AST= standard -4h
No daylight saving
more Atlantic time
Newfoundland N.L.* S.Pierre & Miquelon
Black Tickle  
Conception Bay South Saint Pierre
Corner Brook Saint Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France France overseas
UTC = standard -3h
UTC = daylight -2h
Gander
Grand Falls-Windsor
Mount Pearl
Paradise
St. Anthony
St. John's
NST = std -3h30
NDT = dst -2h30

Daylight Saving Canada

Canadá observes daylight saving time in almost all States, except in most of the province of Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Southampton, some cities of Eastern Ontario, and some cities in Quebec on the Atlantic, which do not use Daylight saving time.

Daylight saving time in Canada begins on the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., moving the clock forward 1 hour and returning to winter or standard time on the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., turning the clock back 1 hour. Canada map.

Canada daylight saving time 2024
Starts + 1h Ends - 1h
March-10 Sun.
2:00 → 3:00
Nov.-3 Sun.
2:00 → 1:00
2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., Canada turns the clock forward 1 hour 1st Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m., Canada turns the clock back 1 hour
Pacific Time / Mountain Time / Central Time / Eastern Time / Atlantic Time / Newfoundland & Labrador.
The Clock time is updated with the time change, along with the time zone and summer or winter symbols. + info.
*2 time zones *Time change exception Capital Capital Most populous city Most populous city Capital of the country Capital of the country

Clocks symbols:

Daylight Saving Time Daylight Saving Time. Standard or winter time UTC standard time, or winter time. No Daylight Saving Time No Daylight Saving Time throughout the year. 24 hour clock format

Clocks and symbols (daylight saving - winter) are updated in real time as the time changes in different Mexico-Canada time zones.