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Time difference between London and Mexico City

Mexico City is currently 7 hours behind London. The best shared working window is 15:00–16:00 UTC — 1 hour a day. The table below shows the hours side by side.

London
works with →
Mexico City
Londonyour day
09:00–17:00 local
Mexico Citytheir day
09:00–18:00 local
Sharedboth at work
1h
15:00–16:00 UTC
16:00–17:00 in London 09:00–10:00 in Mexico City
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16:08–16:53 London 09:08–09:53 Mexico City
Working hours

National conventions are the default and the public figure. Change them here for your own answer — the chart, the window and the calendar file all follow.

London 09:00 – 17:00 8 h
Mexico City 09:00 – 18:00 9 h
1hoverlap
hard, One thin hour. Fine for a weekly sync, painful for anything live. Best window 15:00–16:00 UTC.
The two days, hour by hour One column an hour, both cities on the same instant. Where the two teal runs line up is when you can both be at work.
London
Mexico City

09:00 London At work = 02:00 Mexico City Asleep

Asleep Awake At work Both at work 1 h · 16:00–17:00 London · 09:00–10:00 Mexico City

Tap any hour to read it in both cities.

The difference changes twice a year

London and Mexico City do not change their clocks on the same dates, so a standing meeting moves by an hour in these weeks.

  • 25 October – 27 March −6 h
  • usually −7 h

Days when one side is not at work

A public holiday is not a time-zone fact, so no converter shows it — but it is the same question.

  • 16 September — Día de la Independencia Mexico City off
  • 16 November — Día de la Revolución Mexico City off
Hour by hour
LondonMexico City
00:00 17:00
01:00 18:00
02:00 19:00
03:00 20:00
04:00 21:00
05:00 22:00
06:00 23:00
07:00 00:00
08:00 01:00
09:00 02:00
10:00 03:00
11:00 04:00
12:00 05:00
13:00 06:00
14:00 07:00
15:00 08:00
16:00 09:00 both at work
17:00 10:00
18:00 11:00
19:00 12:00
20:00 13:00
21:00 14:00
22:00 15:00
23:00 16:00

The difference adjusts automatically for daylight saving in both London and Mexico City.

The working week

London
09:00 to 17:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Mexico City
09:00 to 18:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

How many hours between London and Mexico City?

Mexico City is 7 hours behind London (-7 hours).

When is the best time for a meeting?

Around 15:00–16:00 UTC, when both working days overlap — London works 09:00–17:00 and Mexico City works 09:00–18:00, each in their own local time.

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Mexico City – London