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Current local time in Cancún

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19:00:00

30 September 2026WednesdayWednesday, 30 September 2026

Calling Code +52

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CITY	LOCAL TIME	Difference	Coming up
London United Kingdom	01:00Thu	+6h	Becomes +5h on 25 Oct
Berlin Germany	02:00Thu	+7h	Becomes +6h on 25 Oct
Dubai UAE	04:00Thu	+9h
Tokyo Japan	09:00Thu	+14h
Sydney Australia	10:00Thu	+15h	Becomes +16h on 4 Oct
New York United States	20:00	+1h	Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov
Los Angeles United States	17:00	−2h	Becomes −3h on 1 Nov

Sun & moon in Cancún today

Sunrise

06:38

Sunset

18:36

Daylight

12.0hrs

Next full moon

26 Oct

Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Cancún

Working hours in Cancún

4h overlap

CancúnUTC−5

06121824

Your locationUTC+0

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Time zone guide for Cancún

Cancún, Mexico runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Cancún and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Cancún lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Cancún and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Cancún lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Cancún and Tokyo is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bogotá, Lima, Quito. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Cancún.

Practical information for Cancún

Cancún (Mexico) is home to roughly 0.95M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:38, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 21° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Mexico

Capital

Mexico City

Continent

North America

Time Zone

EST · America/Cancun

Coordinates

21.16°N, 86.85°W

Currency

MXN ($)

Calling Code

+52

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Spanish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Resort City Chosen by Computer

In 1970 Cancún was a sandbar with around three residents and a fishing village of a few hundred nearby. The Mexican government had run a computer analysis to find the ideal spot for a purpose-built tourism zone, and this stretch of Caribbean coast won.

It now receives millions of visitors a year, making it one of the most-visited destinations in the Americas — a city that exists because a model said it should.

The clock: Cancún moved to UTC−5 permanently in 2015, breaking from the rest of the Yucatán to give its beaches an extra hour of evening light — and, in winter, to line its clocks up with the eastern United States its flights come from.

The sun and the clock in Cancún (2026)

Solar noon12:47on UTC−5 standard time

Longest day13h 25m22 June

Shortest day10h 51m22 December

Yearly average12h 9mof daylight a day

Earliest sunrise06:058 June

Latest sunset19:336 July

Cancún lies at 86.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 11.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 47 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:47 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 25m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 51m. The swing between them is 2h 35m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Cancún the sun comes up earliest on 8 June at 06:05, while the latest sunset waits until 6 July at 19:33. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Cancún that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Cancún?

The official timezone for Cancún, Mexico is America/Cancun with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.

What is the population and location of Cancún?

Cancún has an estimated population of 0.95M and is located at coordinates 21.16°N, 86.85°W.

How many hours of daylight does Cancún get?

Cancún gets 13h 25m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 51m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Cancún?

Solar noon in Cancún falls at about 12:47 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 11.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Cancún?

A Resort City Chosen by Computer: In 1970 Cancún was a sandbar with around three residents and a fishing village of a few hundred nearby.