Mexico · CST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Puerto Vallarta, 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 Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 7-hour difference between Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. There is a 15-hour difference between Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta.
Practical Info
Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 13.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 19:48. 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
20.65°N, 105.22°W
Currency
MXN ($)
Calling Code
+52
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Puerto Vallarta was a village of a few thousand until 1963, when The Night of the Iguana was filmed nearby and the press descended on Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Within a decade the town had an international airport.
The clock: Puerto Vallarta keeps UTC−6, on the Jalisco side of a bay whose northern shore, in Nayarit, keeps UTC−7 — an hour's difference across one beach.
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