Mexico City is 1 to 2 hours behind New York, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 15 hours awake at the same time, and 6 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 14 hours shared, 4 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Mexico City is 1 hour behind New York that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 15 hours, and 6 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in New York 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; New York awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in New York timeboth awake
New Yorkawake 7 am – 11 pm
Mexico Cityawake 8 am – midnight New York time
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Best on a weekday
7 – 9 pm New York
6 – 8 pm Mexico City · New York evening, Mexico City early evening
Another weekday option
8 – 10 am New York
7 – 9 am Mexico City · New York morning, Mexico City morning · during New York’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 7 – 10 pm New York
Sat 6 – 9 pm Mexico City · New York evening, Mexico City early evening
The week · New York time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
Mon
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Tue
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Wed
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Thu
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Fri
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Sat
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Sun
6a
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
Columns are New York hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Mexico City. both freeboth awake, one at workMexico City asleep
The Mexico City–New York gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 13 March
Mexico City is 1 hour behind New York
14 March – 6 November
Mexico City is 2 hours behind New York
7 November – 31 December
Mexico City is 1 hour behind New York
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/New_York (New York). That week New York 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 New York
In New York
Mexico City, January
Mexico City, July
7 am
6 am
5 am
9 am
8 am
7 am
11 am
10 am
9 am
1 pm
noon
11 am
3 pm
2 pm
1 pm
5 pm
4 pm
3 pm
7 pm
6 pm
5 pm
9 pm
8 pm
7 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 New York?
Mexico City is 1 to 2 hours behind New York, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 1 hour from 1 January to 13 March and from 7 November to 31 December; 2 hours from 14 March to 6 November.
What is the best time to call Mexico City from New York?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 7 – 9 pm New York, which is 6 – 8 pm Mexico City: New York evening, Mexico City early evening. At the weekend, Sat 7 – 10 pm New York (Sat 6 – 9 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 New York share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 15 hours on a January weekday, and 6 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 14 hours shared and 4 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 New York 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 New York 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.