Cebu to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Cebu. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cebu 10:31 10:31 AM Playa del Carmen 21:31 9:31 PM You –:–
10:31 10:31 AM
Philippine Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 05:34 · 🌙 17:31
21:31 9:31 PM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:42 · 🌙 18:30
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−13 h
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Cebu.
When you, Cebu and Playa del Carmen are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇵🇭 Cebu
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen
11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇵🇭 Cebu | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 10:31 | 21:31 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| Time zone | Philippine Standard Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Cebu | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Manila | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:34 | 06:42 |
| Sunset | 17:31 | 18:30 |
| Daylight | 11 h 57 min | 11 h 48 min |
| People on this clock | 964,169 | 149,923 |
Compare Cebu with another city
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Big time differences
Cebu and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How far behind Cebu is Playa del Carmen?
Playa del Carmen is 13 hours behind Cebu: UTC−5 against UTC+8.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cebu, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Cebu, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Cebu, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Cebu, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 5:00 AM.
When is a good time to call Playa del Carmen from Cebu?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) in Cebu and in Playa del Carmen do not overlap. At 9:00 AM in Cebu it is 8:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen; when the working day starts in Playa del Carmen, it is 10:00 PM in Cebu.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 1:00 PM in Cebu it is still the previous day in Playa del Carmen. The other way round, from 11:00 AM in Playa del Carmen it is already the next day in Cebu.
Does the time gap between Cebu and Playa del Carmen change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cebu nor in Playa del Carmen, so the gap is 13 hours all year round.
