Xiamen to Playa del Carmen: time difference
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Xiamen. 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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Xiamen 17:45 5:45 PM Playa del Carmen 04:45 4:45 AM You –:–
17:45 5:45 PM
China Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 06:04 · 🌙 17:47
04:45 4:45 AM
Eastern Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 06:42 · 🌙 18:29
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−13 h
Playa del Carmen is 13 h behind Xiamen.
When you, Xiamen 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
🇨🇳 Xiamen
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 | 🇨🇳 Xiamen | 🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:45 | 04:45 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | China Standard Time | Eastern Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Xiamen | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Shanghai | America/Cancun |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:04 | 06:42 |
| Sunset | 17:47 | 18:29 |
| Daylight | 11 h 44 min | 11 h 47 min |
| People on this clock | 3,531,000 | 149,923 |
Compare Xiamen with another city
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Big time differences
Xiamen and Playa del Carmen: common questions
How many hours behind Xiamen is Playa del Carmen?
The clocks in Playa del Carmen are 13 hours behind those in Xiamen (UTC−5 and UTC+8).
If it is 9:00 AM in Xiamen, what time is it in Playa del Carmen?
At 9:00 AM in Xiamen, clocks in Playa del Carmen show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
What time is it in Playa del Carmen at the end of the working day in Xiamen?
The working day in Xiamen ends at 6:00 PM; in Playa del Carmen it is 5:00 AM at that moment.
When do working hours in Xiamen and in Playa del Carmen overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Xiamen (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 Xiamen.
When does the date change in Playa del Carmen compared with Xiamen?
The new day starts in Playa del Carmen later: until 1:00 PM in Xiamen, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 AM in Playa del Carmen, Xiamen is already on the next day.
Does the time difference between Xiamen and Playa del Carmen change?
No. Neither place uses daylight saving time, so the difference stays 13 hours all year.
