Playa del Carmen to Cha-am: time difference
Cha-am is 12 h ahead of Playa del Carmen. 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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Playa del Carmen 15:03 3:03 PM Cha-am 03:03 3:03 AM You –:–
15:03 3:03 PM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:45 · 🌙 18:24
03:03 3:03 AM
Indochina Time · UTC+7
☀️ 06:11 · 🌙 18:01
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+12 h
Cha-am is 12 h ahead of Playa del Carmen.
When you, Playa del Carmen and Cha-am 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
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
🇹🇭 Cha-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 11 11 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen | 🇹🇭 Cha-am |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 15:03 | 03:03 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 17, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time | Indochina Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-5 | UTC+7 |
| Offset from Playa del Carmen | — | +12 h |
| IANA zone | America/Cancun | Asia/Bangkok |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:45 | 06:11 |
| Sunset | 18:24 | 18:01 |
| Daylight | 11 h 39 min | 11 h 50 min |
| People on this clock | 149,923 | 31,354 |
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Playa del Carmen and Cha-am: common questions
How far ahead of Playa del Carmen is Cha-am?
Cha-am is 12 hours ahead of Playa del Carmen: UTC+7 against UTC−5.
If it is 9:00 AM in Playa del Carmen, what time is it in Cha-am?
At 9:00 AM in Playa del Carmen, clocks in Cha-am show 9:00 PM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Playa del Carmen, what time is it in Cha-am?
At 6:00 PM in Playa del Carmen, clocks in Cha-am show 6:00 AM (the next day).
When do working hours in Playa del Carmen and in Cha-am overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Playa del Carmen (9:00 AM) is 9:00 PM in Cha-am, and the start of the day in Cha-am is 9:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen.
When is it already the next day in Cha-am?
From 12:00 PM in Playa del Carmen it is already the next day in Cha-am. The other way round, until 12:00 PM in Cha-am it is still the previous day in Playa del Carmen.
Does the time difference between Playa del Carmen and Cha-am change?
No. Neither place uses daylight saving time, so the difference stays 12 hours all year.
