Mexico City is 1 to 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 14 hours awake at the same time, and 4 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 15 hours shared, 6 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Mexico City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 14 hours, and 4 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in Los Angeles time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. Mexico City awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; Los Angeles awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in Los Angeles timeboth awake
Los Angelesawake 7 am – 11 pm
Mexico Cityawake 7 am – 9 pm and 5 – 7 am Los Angeles time
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Best on a weekday
6 – 8 pm Los Angeles
8 – 10 pm Mexico City · Los Angeles early evening, Mexico City evening
Another weekday option
3 – 5 pm Los Angeles
5 – 7 pm Mexico City · Los Angeles afternoon, Mexico City early evening · during Los Angeles’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 5 – 8 pm Los Angeles
Sat 7 – 10 pm Mexico City · Los Angeles early evening, Mexico City evening
The week · Los Angeles time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
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Columns are Los Angeles hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Mexico City. both freeboth awake, one at workMexico City asleep
The Mexico City–Los Angeles gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 13 March
Mexico City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles
14 March – 6 November
Mexico City is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles
7 November – 31 December
Mexico City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for America/Mexico_City (Mexico City) and America/Los_Angeles (Los Angeles). That week Los Angeles is on standard time and Mexico City keeps the same time all year. The table uses the same rules for every day of 2027. The finder above recalculates for the current week in your browser.
When it is … in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles
Mexico City, January
Mexico City, July
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Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.
Stop doing the math every day
The Long Goodbye keeps your person’s local time and time of day on your home-screen widget and lock screen, so you can see whether it is morning coffee or midnight in Mexico City before you call. A “thinking of you” tap lights up their widget, and a countdown keeps the next visit in view.
What is the time difference between Mexico City and Los Angeles?
Mexico City is 1 to 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 2 hours from 1 January to 13 March and from 7 November to 31 December; 1 hour from 14 March to 6 November.
What is the best time to call Mexico City from Los Angeles?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 6 – 8 pm Los Angeles, which is 8 – 10 pm Mexico City: Los Angeles early evening, Mexico City evening. At the weekend, Sat 5 – 8 pm Los Angeles (Sat 7 – 10 pm Mexico City) gives you a longer call. Change the awake and work hours in the finder on this page to fit your own days.
How many waking hours do Mexico City and Los Angeles share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 14 hours on a January weekday, and 4 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 15 hours shared and 6 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 Los Angeles changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and Mexico City does not change its clocks, so a call you keep at the same time in Los Angeles moves by an hour in Mexico City on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.