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What is WET in Mexico City?

Central Time – Mexico is 7 hours behind

Western European Time is on UTC+1:00 and Central Time – Mexico is on UTC−6:00 right now. Western European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read WEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Lisbon
1:55:46 PM
Time in Mexico City
6:55:46 AM
Difference
−7 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

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CST — Central Time – Mexico

6:00 am

CST, Fri

When the difference changes

Western European 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 – October 25, 2026Central Time – Mexico is 7 hours behind
  2. October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Central Time – Mexico is 6 hours behind
  3. March 28, 2027 – onwardsCentral Time – Mexico is 7 hours 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

Western European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour — 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time, and the zone is on WET after that.

Central Time – Mexico

No clock changes

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

WET to Mexico City conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Western European Time to Central Time – Mexico. 7 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Mexico City, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm WEST, which is 9:00 am to 11:00 am CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Western European Time (WEST) is used in Portugal, Ireland and the Canary Islands

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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