Liverpool to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 6 h behind Liverpool. 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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Liverpool 12:38 12:38 PM Playa del Carmen 06:38 6:38 AM You –:–
12:38 12:38 PM
British Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:30 · 🌙 18:30
06:38 6:38 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:42 · 🌙 18:29
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−6 h
Playa del Carmen is 6 h behind Liverpool.
When you, Liverpool 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
🇬🇧 Liverpool
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
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 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇬🇧 Liverpool | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 12:38 | 06:38 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | British Summer Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+1 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Liverpool | — | −6 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/London | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 07:30 | 06:42 |
| Sunset | 18:30 | 18:29 |
| Daylight | 11 h | 11 h 47 min |
| People on this clock | 434,900 | 149,923 |
Compare Liverpool with another city
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Big time differences
Liverpool and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How many hours behind Liverpool is Playa del Carmen?
The clocks in Playa del Carmen are 6 hours behind those in Liverpool (UTC−5 and UTC+1).
If it is 9:00 AM in Liverpool, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Liverpool, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 3:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Liverpool, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Liverpool, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 12:00 PM.
When do working hours in Liverpool and in Playa del Carmen overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Liverpool, which is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Playa del Carmen.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 6:00 AM in Liverpool it is still the previous day in Playa del Carmen. The other way round, from 6:00 PM in Playa del Carmen it is already the next day in Liverpool.
Is the time difference between Liverpool and Playa del Carmen the same all year?
No. Only Liverpool switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Playa del Carmen will be 5 hours behind Liverpool.
