Sanya to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Sanya. 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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Sanya 17:14 5:14 PM Playa del Carmen 04:14 4:14 AM You –:–
17:14 5:14 PM
China Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 06:38 · 🌙 18:18
04:14 4:14 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:46 · 🌙 18:22
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−13 h
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Sanya.
When you, Sanya 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
🇨🇳 Sanya
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
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 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇨🇳 Sanya | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:14 | 04:14 |
| Local date | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | China Standard Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Sanya | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Shanghai | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:38 | 06:46 |
| Sunset | 18:18 | 18:22 |
| Daylight | 11 h 40 min | 11 h 36 min |
| People on this clock | 1,031,396 | 149,923 |
Compare Sanya with another city
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Big time differences
Sanya and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How many hours behind Sanya is Playa del Carmen?
The clocks in Playa del Carmen are 13 hours behind those in Sanya (UTC−5 and UTC+8).
If it is 9:00 AM in Sanya, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Sanya, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Sanya, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Sanya, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 5:00 AM.
When do working hours in Sanya and in Playa del Carmen overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Sanya (9:00 AM) is 8:00 PM (the previous day) in Playa del Carmen, and the start of the day in Playa del Carmen is 10:00 PM in Sanya.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 1:00 PM in Sanya it is still the previous day in Playa del Carmen. The other way round, from 11:00 AM in Playa del Carmen it is already the next day in Sanya.
Is the time difference between Sanya and Playa del Carmen the same all year?
Yes. Neither Sanya nor Playa del Carmen switches to summer time, so the gap is always 13 hours.
