| 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 |
Tulum, 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 Tulum 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 Tulum lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Tulum 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 Tulum lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Tulum 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 Tulum.
Tulum (Mexico) is home to roughly 50K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:40, sunset at 18:39. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 20° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Mexico
Capital
Mexico City
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EST · America/Cancun
Coordinates
20.21°N, 87.46°W
Currency
MXN ($)
Calling Code
+52
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tulum was one of the last Maya cities built and occupied, from about 1200 to the 16th century, and one of the few major ones on the coast. Its Temple of the Descending God has a window through which the sun shines at the equinoxes.
The clock: Tulum keeps UTC−5. The cenotes inland connect to Sac Actun, among the longest underwater cave systems in the world at over 370 km surveyed.
Tulum lies at 87.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 12.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 50 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:50 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 21m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 54m. The swing between them is 2h 27m. 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 Tulum the sun comes up earliest on 7 June at 06:09, while the latest sunset waits until 7 July at 19:34. 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 Tulum 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 Tulum, Mexico is America/Cancun with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Tulum has an estimated population of 50K and is located at coordinates 20.21°N, 87.46°W.
Tulum gets 13h 21m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 54m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Tulum falls at about 12:50 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 12.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Maya City on a Cliff: Tulum was one of the last Maya cities built and occupied, from about 1200 to the 16th century, and one of the few major ones on the coast.