| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +8h | Becomes +7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +10h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +15h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +16h | Becomes +17h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +2h | Becomes +1h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 1 Nov |
Querétaro, Mexico runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Querétaro and New York is 2 hours. 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 Querétaro lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Querétaro and London is 7 hours. 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 Querétaro lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Querétaro and Tokyo is 15 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 Mexico City, Calgary, Edmonton. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Querétaro.
Querétaro (Mexico) is home to roughly 1.5M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:32, sunset at 18:30. 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.
Flag
Mexico
Capital
Mexico City
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CST · America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
20.59°N, 100.39°W
Currency
MXN ($)
Calling Code
+52
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Querétaro's aqueduct runs about 1,280 metres on 74 arches, some 23 metres high, finished in 1738 and paid for largely by one marquis. It supplied the city's water until the 20th century.
The clock: Querétaro keeps UTC−6. Mexico's constitution was drafted and signed here in 1917, and the city has served as the country's capital several times.
Querétaro lies at 100.4°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The 10.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 42 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:42 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 23m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 53m. The swing between them is 2h 30m. 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 Querétaro the sun comes up earliest on 7 June at 06:00, while the latest sunset waits until 6 July at 19:26. 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 Querétaro 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.
The official timezone for Querétaro, Mexico is America/Mexico_City with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.
Querétaro has an estimated population of 1.5M and is located at coordinates 20.59°N, 100.39°W.
Querétaro gets 13h 23m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 53m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Querétaro falls at about 12:42 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 10.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Aqueduct With 74 Arches: Querétaro's aqueduct runs about 1,280 metres on 74 arches, some 23 metres high, finished in 1738 and paid for largely by one marquis. It supplied the city's water until the 20th century.