Playa del Carmen to Austin, TX: time difference
Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX keep the same time. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how they sit against your own time.
Your time
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Playa del Carmen 20:42 8:42 PM Austin, TX 20:42 8:42 PM You –:–
20:42 8:42 PM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:42 · 🌙 18:30
20:42 8:42 PM
Central Daylight Time · UTC-5
☀️ 07:30 · 🌙 19:08
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same time
Austin, TX is in the same time zone as Playa del Carmen.
When you, Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen
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🇺🇸 Austin, TX
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:42 | 20:42 |
| Local date | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time | Central Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-5 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Playa del Carmen | — | same time |
| IANA zone | America/Cancun | America/Chicago |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-6, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:42 | 07:30 |
| Sunset | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| Daylight | 11 h 48 min | 11 h 38 min |
| People on this clock | 149,923 | 974,447 |
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Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX: common questions
Is there a time difference between Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX?
No – at the moment Playa del Carmen and Austin share the same time, UTC−5.
Do Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX, ever have different dates?
Not right now: the clocks in Playa del Carmen and in Austin show the same time, so the date changes at the same moment. That lasts until November 1, 2026; after that, Austin will be 1 hour behind Playa del Carmen, and for 1 hour each day the two places are on different dates.
Is the time difference between Playa del Carmen and Austin, TX, the same all year?
No. Only Austin switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From November 1, 2026, Austin will be 1 hour behind Playa del Carmen.
