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What is EST in Mexico City?

Central Time – Mexico is 1 hour behind

Eastern Time is on UTC−5:00 and Central Time – Mexico is on UTC−6:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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CST — Central Time – Mexico

2:00 am

CST, Sat

Time in New York
3:32:02 AM
Time in Mexico City
2:32:02 AM
Difference
−1 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Eastern Time and Central Time – Mexico do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

  1. Now – March 14, 2027Central Time – Mexico is 1 hour behind
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Central Time – Mexico is 2 hours behind
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsCentral Time – Mexico is 1 hour behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Eastern Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EDT after that.

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

Central Time – Mexico stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

EST to Mexico City conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Eastern Time to Central Time – Mexico. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Mexico City, which is marked.

12:00 am EST
11:00 pm CST−1 day
1:00 am EST
12:00 am CST
2:00 am EST
1:00 am CST
3:00 am EST
2:00 am CST
4:00 am EST
3:00 am CST
5:00 am EST
4:00 am CST
6:00 am EST
5:00 am CST
7:00 am EST
6:00 am CST
8:00 am EST
7:00 am CST
9:00 am EST
8:00 am CST
10:00 am EST
9:00 am CST
11:00 am EST
10:00 am CST
12:00 pm EST
11:00 am CST
1:00 pm EST
12:00 pm CST
2:00 pm EST
1:00 pm CST
3:00 pm EST
2:00 pm CST
4:00 pm EST
3:00 pm CST
5:00 pm EST
4:00 pm CST
6:00 pm EST
5:00 pm CST
7:00 pm EST
6:00 pm CST
8:00 pm EST
7:00 pm CST
9:00 pm EST
8:00 pm CST
10:00 pm EST
9:00 pm CST
11:00 pm EST
10:00 pm CST

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EST, which is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Eastern Time (EST) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast

Central Time – Mexico (CST) is used in most of Mexico. Mexico abolished daylight saving in October 2022, so it no longer tracks US Central Time in summer.

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