Mexico · CST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
León, Mexico runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 2-hour difference between León and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in León lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 7-hour difference between León and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in León lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. There is a 15-hour difference between León and Tokyo. 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 Mexico City, Denver, Calgary. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from León.
Practical Info
León (Mexico) is home to roughly 1.7M people. Today brings about 14.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 20:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 21° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Mexico
Capital
Mexico City
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
21.12°N, 101.68°W
Currency
MXN ($)
Calling Code
+52
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
León produces a large majority of Mexico's footwear — on the order of hundreds of millions of pairs a year — and its leather trade goes back to the 16th century. The city's fairground hosts one of the largest shoe expos in the Americas.
The clock: León keeps UTC−6 and stopped changing its clocks in 2022, along with almost all of Mexico.
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