Taiping to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Taiping. 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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Taiping 20:58 8:58 PM Playa del Carmen 07:58 7:58 AM You –:–
20:58 8:58 PM
Malaysia Time · UTC+8
☀️ 07:03 · 🌙 19:00
07:58 7:58 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:49 · 🌙 18:16
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−13 h
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Taiping.
When you, Taiping 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
🇲🇾 Taiping
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 | 🇲🇾 Taiping | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:58 | 07:58 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| Time zone | Malaysia Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Taiping | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Kuala Lumpur | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 07:03 | 06:49 |
| Sunset | 19:00 | 18:16 |
| Daylight | 11 h 58 min | 11 h 27 min |
| People on this clock | 241,517 | 149,923 |
Compare Taiping with another city
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Big time differences
Taiping and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How far behind Taiping is Playa del Carmen?
Playa del Carmen is 13 hours behind Taiping: UTC−5 against UTC+8.
If it is 9:00 AM in Taiping, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Taiping, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Taiping, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 6:00 PM in Taiping, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 5:00 AM.
When do working hours in Taiping and in Playa del Carmen overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Taiping (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 Taiping.
When is it still the previous day in Playa del Carmen?
Until 1:00 PM in Taiping 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 Taiping.
Does the time gap between Taiping and Playa del Carmen change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Taiping nor in Playa del Carmen, so the gap is 13 hours all year round.
