Time Difference Between Mexico City and New York
New York is 1h ahead of Mexico City in standard time, and 2h ahead while New York is on daylight saving time.
Mexico City keeps the same clock all year. New York clocks move forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November. The figures above cover each part of the year. They do not come from the offset on the day the site was built. The live clocks use the current time.
Working Hours Overlap
For each hour of Mexico City's working day (9:00-18:00), here is the corresponding local time in New York. Rows highlighted green fall within standard working hours (9:00-18:00) in both cities. Each block is one part of the year, so the table does not change with the day this page was built.
1h ahead (standard time)
| Mexico City | New York | Both working hours? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 10 AM | Yes |
| 10 AM | 11 AM | Yes |
| 11 AM | 12 PM | Yes |
| 12 PM | 1 PM | Yes |
| 1 PM | 2 PM | Yes |
| 2 PM | 3 PM | Yes |
| 3 PM | 4 PM | Yes |
| 4 PM | 5 PM | Yes |
| 5 PM | 6 PM | No |
| 6 PM | 7 PM | No |
2h ahead (daylight saving time in New York, while Mexico City is on standard time)
| Mexico City | New York | Both working hours? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 11 AM | Yes |
| 10 AM | 12 PM | Yes |
| 11 AM | 1 PM | Yes |
| 12 PM | 2 PM | Yes |
| 1 PM | 3 PM | Yes |
| 2 PM | 4 PM | Yes |
| 3 PM | 5 PM | Yes |
| 4 PM | 6 PM | No |
| 5 PM | 7 PM | No |
| 6 PM | 8 PM | No |
Best Time to Meet
1h ahead (standard time)
- 9 AM-5 PM in Mexico City (10 AM-6 PM in New York) works for both sides. It falls within 9 AM-6 PM in both time zones.
2h ahead (daylight saving time in New York, while Mexico City is on standard time)
- 9 AM-4 PM in Mexico City (11 AM-6 PM in New York) works for both sides. It falls within 9 AM-6 PM in both time zones.
How the Difference Changes
Only New York changes its clocks, so the gap is not one number. The rules are above. The dates for the year you are reading this page load below.
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Working Across Mexico City and New York
Mexico City stopped moving with New York, and a lot of calendars have not caught up. New York is two hours ahead of Mexico City from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, and one hour ahead the rest of the year. 9 AM in New York is 7 AM in Mexico City during that long daylight stretch, and 8 AM during the winter. On the second Sunday of March, New York springs forward and Mexico City does not. A 9 AM New York call that was 8 AM in Mexico City on Friday is 7 AM on Monday. Nobody in Mexico touched a clock.
Mexico ended daylight saving for most of the country in 2022. Some northern border cities still change with the United States so they stay aligned with the American side of the border. Mexico City is not one of them. If a colleague in Tijuana and a colleague in Mexico City give you different answers in July, both can be right. The other local fact is lunch. It often runs long and late, into the mid-afternoon. A noon call in New York lands at 10 AM or 11 AM in Mexico City, before that block. A 3 PM New York call lands at 1 PM or 2 PM, which is when the Mexican side is leaving for lunch.
The flight is about five hours, north-south, with one or two hours of clock change. You do not need a jet-lag strategy. You need a night's sleep, because the flights are often timed so you lose most of the night in the seat. The next morning is fine. Nearshore teams that pretend the one-hour winter gap means 'same day, no rules' are the ones who schedule over Mexican lunch every week and call it a timezone problem.
Mexico City
Mexico City uses the America/Mexico_City time zone, at UTC-6 all year. This zone does not observe daylight saving time.
New York
New York uses the America/New_York time zone. Standard time is UTC-5, and daylight saving time is UTC-4.