| border cities standard T Zone +info | |||
| Pacific -8 | Mountain -7 | C. Juárez -7 | Central -6 |
| Time Zone | Time Zone | Time Zone | Time Zone |
| Pacífic Time Z. | Mountain Time Z. |
|---|---|
| PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h |
MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
| Baja California* | Sonora |
| Ensenada | Ciudad Obregón |
| Mexicali |
Hermosillo |
| Rosarito | Nogales |
| Tecate | S.L. Rio Colorado |
| Tijuana |
All the state of Sonora without daylight saving time. |
| All Baja California | |
| *Baja California use sumer time as US | |
| Daylight Saving Baja California and US-Mexico border cities |
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| Mountain Time Z. | Central Time Z. |
|---|---|
| MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
CST = standard -6h No daylight saving |
| Baja California Sur | Chihuahua |
| La Paz / Cabo San Lucas | Cuauhtémoc |
| Sinaloa | Chihuahua |
| Culiacán / Mazatlan | Delicias |
| Nayarit* → | → Bahia de Banderas (Nayarit) |
| Tepic | |
| *All of Chihuahua, including Ciudad Juárez and Ojinaga, with the time change of 10/30/2022, will use the Central Zone time zone UTC -6h Note: Ciudad Juárez: On 11/30/2022 at 00:00 it returns to Mountain time UTC -7h. See MX border cities |
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| *Bahía de Banderas in Nayarit, uses the Central Time Zone. | |
| México Central Time Zone |
|---|
| State | Capital |
| Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes |
| Bahia de Banderas* (Nayarit) | |
| Campeche | Campeche |
| Mexico City |
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| Chiapas | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Chihuahua (* |
Chihuahua |
| Coahuila (* |
Saltillo |
| Colima | Colima |
| Durango | Durango |
| Mexico | Toluca |
| Guanajuato | Guanajuato |
| Guerrero | Chilpancingo |
| Hidalgo | Pachuca |
| Jalisco | Guadalajara |
*Bahia de Banderas of the state of Nayarit in the Mountain Zone, uses the time of the Central Zone of Mexico.
*States of Mexico with some border cities with the US, which share the time change with the US.
| Mexico Eastern Time (Quintana Roo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana Roo - Cancun - Chetumal - Playa del Carmen - Cozumel... all Quintana Roo No daylight saving | |||
| 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 |
| Daylight Saving Baja California and US-Mexico border cities |
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| 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 Map or / Mx Border cities map |
States of the Central Zone of Mexico without daylight saving time, except the bordering cities with the US. |
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*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. |
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All of Baja California in the (Pacific Time Zone), and the Mexico border cities with the United States, use the same time zone and daylight saving time as the US.
| Pacific zone |
Mountain Zone |
|---|---|
| Current Local Time | Current Local Time |
| Tijuana | Culiacán |
| PST = standard -8h PDT = daylight -7h |
MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
| Some cities of Baja California | Sonora Mountain Time |
| Daylight Saving Baja California and US-Mexico border cities |
Current Local Time |
| Hermosillo | |
| MST = standard -7h No daylight saving |
| Central Zone |
Eastern Zone |
|---|---|
| Current Local Time | Current Local Time |
| Mexico City | Cancún |
| CST = standard -6h No daylight saving |
EST = standard -5h No daylight saving |
| States and cities of Central Mexico | Some cities Quintana Roo |
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
| Mexico* without time change 2025 | |
| No dst |
No dst |
| Mexico No DST |
Mexico No DST |
| No daylight Saving Time | On the last Sunday in October 2022, at 2:00 a.m., turned the clock back 1 hour. (last time change) |
| Time in Mexico: Pacific Time / Mountain Time / Sonora Time / Central Time / Quintana Roo Time | |
| *Only Baja California and US-MX border cities use daylight saving time | |
| Daylight Saving 2025 Baja California and Mexico border cities with the US | |
| Starts + 1h |
Ends - 1h |
| March-9 Sun. 2:00 → 3:00 |
Nov.-2 Sun. 2:00 → 1:00 |
| 2nd Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m., turns the clock forward 1 hour. | 1st 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 |
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