Mexico City uses America/Mexico_City. Most of Mexico no longer changes clocks seasonally.
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After the 2022 reform, Mexico City generally stays on a fixed offset while the US Central zone still moves. That means the gap with Chicago is not always zero. Border cities may still follow US DST and are not this page.
Mexico City uses America/Mexico_City. The current offset is UTC-06:00. Clocks on this page update from that IANA zone rather than from the server’s local time.
Mexico City, Mexico is in Central Standard Time (America/Mexico_City). Mexico City uses America/Mexico_City. Most of Mexico no longer changes clocks seasonally.
This time zone does not observe daylight saving time Most US Central locations observe daylight saving and use CDT in summer. Saskatchewan and some Mexican regions follow different rules via other IANA zones.
At this moment the offset difference is -01:00 hours relative to UTC labels, meaning Mexico City compared with Chicago can be converted in the time zone converter using America/Mexico_City and America/Chicago. Daylight saving on either side is applied automatically.