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What is Mexico City in EST?

Eastern Time is 1 hour ahead

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

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EST — Eastern Time

3:00 am

EST, Sat

Time in Mexico City
2:19:11 AM
Time in New York
3:19:11 AM
Difference
+1 h
Next clock change
March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Central Time – Mexico and Eastern Time 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, 2027Eastern Time is 1 hour ahead
  2. March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Eastern Time is 2 hours ahead
  3. November 7, 2027 – onwardsEastern Time is 1 hour ahead

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

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

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

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.

Mexico City to EST conversion table

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

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

Scheduling between the two

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

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.

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

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