🇦🇺 Karratha, Australia
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- Australian Western Standard Time
- UTC+8
- Golden hour
☀️ 05:38 · 🌙 18:18 · 12 h 40 min
Karratha to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Karratha. 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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Karratha 06:27 6:27 AM Playa del Carmen 17:27 5:27 PM You –:–
06:27 6:27 AM
Australian Western Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 05:38 · 🌙 18:18
17:27 5:27 PM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:46 · 🌙 18:22
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−13 h
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Karratha.
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Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇦🇺 Karratha
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 | 🇦🇺 Karratha | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 06:27 | 17:27 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | Australian Western Standard Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Karratha | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Australia/Perth | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:38 | 06:46 |
| Sunset | 18:18 | 18:22 |
| Daylight | 12 h 40 min | 11 h 36 min |
| People on this clock | 17,013 | 149,923 |
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Karratha and Playa del Carmen: common questions
What is the time difference between Karratha and Playa del Carmen?
Playa del Carmen is 13 hours behind: it uses UTC−5, while Karratha is on UTC+8.
If it is 9:00 AM in Karratha, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Karratha, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
What time is it in Playa del Carmen when it is 6:00 PM in Karratha?
When it is 6:00 PM in Karratha, it is 5:00 AM in Playa del Carmen.
When do working hours in Karratha and in Playa del Carmen overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Karratha (9:00 AM) is 8:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen, and the start of the day in Playa del Carmen is 10:00 PM in Karratha.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 1:00 PM in Karratha 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 Karratha.
Does the time difference between Karratha and Playa del Carmen change?
No. Neither place uses daylight saving time, so the difference stays 13 hours all year.
