Mexico City is 7 to 8 hours behind Madrid, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 9 hours awake at the same time, though none of them is outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 8 hours shared, 0 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Mexico City is 7 hours behind Madrid that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 9 hours, but none of them is outside work for both of you, so a lunch break or a commute has to do the work.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in Madrid 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; Madrid awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in Madrid timeboth awake
Madridawake 7 am – 11 pm
Mexico Cityawake 2 pm – 6 am Madrid time
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Best on a weekday
7 – 9 pm Madrid
noon – 2 pm Mexico City · Madrid evening, Mexico City lunchtime · during Mexico City’s lunch break
Another weekday option
2 – 4 pm Madrid
7 – 9 am Mexico City · Madrid afternoon, Mexico City morning · during Madrid’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 6 – 9 pm Madrid
Sat 11 am – 2 pm Mexico City · Madrid early evening, Mexico City lunchtime
The week · Madrid time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
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5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
Mon
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
Tue
12a
1a
2a
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5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
Wed
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
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Thu
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
Fri
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
Sat
12a
1a
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4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
Sun
12a
1a
2a
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4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
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Columns are Madrid hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Mexico City. both freeboth awake, one at workMexico City asleep
The Mexico City–Madrid gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 27 March
Mexico City is 7 hours behind Madrid
28 March – 30 October
Mexico City is 8 hours behind Madrid
31 October – 31 December
Mexico City is 7 hours behind Madrid
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 Europe/Madrid (Madrid). That week Madrid 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 Madrid
In Madrid
Mexico City, January
Mexico City, July
7 am
midnight
11 pm (day before)
9 am
2 am
1 am
11 am
4 am
3 am
1 pm
6 am
5 am
3 pm
8 am
7 am
5 pm
10 am
9 am
7 pm
noon
11 am
9 pm
2 pm
1 pm
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 Madrid?
Mexico City is 7 to 8 hours behind Madrid, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 7 hours from 1 January to 27 March and from 31 October to 31 December; 8 hours from 28 March to 30 October.
What is the best time to call Mexico City from Madrid?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 7 – 9 pm Madrid, which is noon – 2 pm Mexico City: Madrid evening, Mexico City lunchtime, during Mexico City’s lunch break. At the weekend, Sat 6 – 9 pm Madrid (Sat 11 am – 2 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 Madrid share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 9 hours on a January weekday, but none of them falls outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 8 hours shared and 0 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 Madrid changes its clocks on 28 March and 31 October and Mexico City does not change its clocks, so a call you keep at the same time in Madrid 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.