Cancún is located in Mexico and uses the America/Cancun timezone, currently EST (GMT-5) from UTC. Cancún does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:25 and sunset at 18:39 local time. The coordinates of Cancún are 21.16°N, 86.85°W.

Today Cancún gets 12 hours 14 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:32, about 32 minutes after clock noon.

Right now Cancún shares its EST (GMT-5) offset with Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Minneapolis, Austin. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Cancún from…

From	Gap	Call at (Cancún time)
🇺🇸 Nashville	same time	09:00–17:00
🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa	−1h	10:00–17:00
🇳🇮 Managua	−1h	10:00–17:00
🇺🇸 Indianapolis	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇬🇧 London	+5h	09:00–12:00
🇺🇸 New York	+1h	09:00–16:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+13h	19:00–19:00 (early or late for one side)
🇦🇪 Dubai	+9h	07:00–11:00 (early or late for one side)

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Cancún in?›

Cancún is in the America/Cancun timezone, currently EST (GMT-5).

Does Cancún observe daylight saving time?›

No. Cancún does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT-5.

What is the UTC offset for Cancún?›

Cancún is currently GMT-5 from UTC (EST (GMT-5)).

Is Cancún ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Cancún is 5 hours behind London and 1 hour behind New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Cancún in UTC?›

09:00 in Cancún is 14:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-5 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Cancún today?›

Today the sun rises in Cancún at 06:25 and sets at 18:39 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.