Time difference between Los Angeles and Mexico City

Updated live in your browser · IANA time zone database (America/Los_Angeles, America/Mexico_City)

Los Angeles PDT · UTC-7

Mexico City CST · UTC-6

Difference 1 hour — Mexico City is ahead of Los Angeles

Best time to call

Hours shown in Los Angeles time. The working-day overlap runs 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM in Los Angeles, which is 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM in Mexico City — schedule calls in that window.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Daylight saving time note

Los Angeles and Mexico City do not change their clocks on the same date. Between November 1, 2026 and March 14, 2027 the difference is 2 hours behind Mexico City — because Los Angeles changes its clocks for daylight saving time while Mexico City keeps the same time all year.

For the rest of the year the difference holds steady at 1 hour. Every time on this page is computed from the IANA database at the moment you load it, so the tables above already account for whichever side has switched.

Why the time difference exists

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