🇲🇽 Los Cabos, Mexico
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- Mexican Pacific Standard Time
- UTC-7
- Daytime
☀️ 06:18 · 🌙 17:53 · 11 h 34 min
Los Cabos to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 2 h ahead of Los Cabos. 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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Los Cabos 08:59 8:59 AM Playa del Carmen 10:59 10:59 AM You –:–
08:59 8:59 AM
Mexican Pacific Standard Time · UTC-7
☀️ 06:18 · 🌙 17:53
10:59 10:59 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:45 · 🌙 18:23
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+2 h
Playa del Carmen is 2 h ahead of Los Cabos.
When you, Los Cabos 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
🇲🇽 Los Cabos
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
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 0 12 AM 1 1 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇲🇽 Los Cabos | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 08:59 | 10:59 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Mexican Pacific Standard Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-7 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Los Cabos | — | +2 h |
| IANA zone | America/Mazatlan | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:18 | 06:45 |
| Sunset | 17:53 | 18:23 |
| Daylight | 11 h 34 min | 11 h 38 min |
| People on this clock | 202,694 | 149,923 |
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Los Cabos and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How far ahead of Los Cabos is Playa del Carmen?
Playa del Carmen is 2 hours ahead of Los Cabos: UTC−5 against UTC−7.
If it is 9:00 AM in Los Cabos, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Los Cabos, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 11:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Los Cabos, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Los Cabos, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Los Cabos and Playa del Carmen are at work?
Yes: from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Los Cabos (11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Playa del Carmen), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When does the date change in Playa del Carmen compared with Los Cabos?
The new day starts in Playa del Carmen earlier: at 10:00 PM in Los Cabos it is already midnight there. Until 2:00 AM in Playa del Carmen, Los Cabos is still on the previous day.
Is the time difference between Los Cabos and Playa del Carmen the same all year?
Yes. Neither Los Cabos nor Playa del Carmen switches to summer time, so the gap is always 2 hours.
