Hat Yai to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 12 h behind Hat Yai. 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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Hat Yai 21:09 9:09 PM Playa del Carmen 09:09 9:09 AM You –:–
21:09 9:09 PM
Indochina Time · UTC+7
☀️ 06:05 · 🌙 18:03
09:09 9:09 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:45 · 🌙 18:23
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−12 h
Playa del Carmen is 12 h behind Hat Yai.
When you, Hat Yai and Playa del Carmen are all at the desk
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Working hours
🇹🇭 Hat Yai
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
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 11 11 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇹🇭 Hat Yai | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 21:09 | 09:09 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Indochina Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+7 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Hat Yai | — | −12 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Bangkok | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:05 | 06:45 |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 18:23 |
| Daylight | 11 h 57 min | 11 h 38 min |
| People on this clock | 156,802 | 149,923 |
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Hat Yai and Playa del Carmen: common questions
What is the time difference between Hat Yai and Playa del Carmen?
Playa del Carmen is 12 hours behind: it uses UTC−5, while Hat Yai is on UTC+7.
If it is 9:00 AM in Hat Yai, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Hat Yai, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 9:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Hat Yai, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Hat Yai, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 6:00 AM.
When is a good time to call Playa del Carmen from Hat Yai?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) in Hat Yai and in Playa del Carmen do not overlap. At 9:00 AM in Hat Yai it is 9:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen; when the working day starts in Playa del Carmen, it is 9:00 PM in Hat Yai.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 12:00 PM in Hat Yai it is still the previous day in Playa del Carmen. The other way round, from 12:00 PM in Playa del Carmen it is already the next day in Hat Yai.
Is the time difference between Hat Yai and Playa del Carmen the same all year?
Yes. Neither Hat Yai nor Playa del Carmen switches to summer time, so the gap is always 12 hours.
