Samut Prakan to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 12 h behind Samut Prakan. 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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Samut Prakan 21:10 9:10 PM Playa del Carmen 09:10 9:10 AM You –:–
21:10 9:10 PM
Indochina Time · UTC+7
☀️ 06:09 · 🌙 17:58
09:10 9:10 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:45 · 🌙 18:23
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−12 h
Playa del Carmen is 12 h behind Samut Prakan.
When you, Samut Prakan 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
🇹🇭 Samut Prakan
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
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 | 🇹🇭 Samut Prakan | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 21:10 | 09:10 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Indochina Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+7 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Samut Prakan | — | −12 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Bangkok | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:09 | 06:45 |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 18:23 |
| Daylight | 11 h 48 min | 11 h 38 min |
| People on this clock | 50,843 | 149,923 |
Compare Samut Prakan with another city
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Big time differences
Samut Prakan and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How many hours behind Samut Prakan is Playa del Carmen?
The clocks in Playa del Carmen are 12 hours behind those in Samut Prakan (UTC−5 and UTC+7).
If it is 9:00 AM in Samut Prakan, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Samut Prakan, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 9:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Samut Prakan, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Samut Prakan, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 6:00 AM.
Is there a time when both Samut Prakan and Playa del Carmen are at work?
No, the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) do not overlap. When the day starts in Samut Prakan at 9:00 AM, it is 9:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen; the day in Playa del Carmen starts at 9:00 PM in Samut Prakan time.
Until what time in Samut Prakan is it still yesterday in Playa del Carmen?
Before 12:00 PM in Samut Prakan, the date in Playa del Carmen has not changed yet. From 12:00 PM in Playa del Carmen, it is already the next day in Samut Prakan.
Does the time gap between Samut Prakan and Playa del Carmen change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Samut Prakan nor in Playa del Carmen, so the gap is 12 hours all year round.
