The hours you are both awake, a good time to ring, and how the gap moves through the year. Worked out from the time-zone database.
Right now
Choose both places to see the hours.
Waking hours
We assume people are up from 7:00 to 22:00, and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for a call. Change it if they keep other hours.
Through the year
We assume you are up from 7:00 to 22:00 and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for them to take a call. Change the hours in the tool above if they keep others.
13 November 2026 to 14 March 2027
Mexico City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 7:00 to 19:00, your time (9:00 to 21:00 in Mexico City).
14 March 2027 to 7 November 2027
Mexico City is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 8:00 to 20:00, your time (9:00 to 21:00 in Mexico City).
7 November 2027 to 30 December 2027
Mexico City is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 7:00 to 19:00, your time (9:00 to 21:00 in Mexico City).
When the clocks change
Los Angeles: clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday 14 March 2027, at 2:00 local time.
Los Angeles: clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday 7 November 2027, at 2:00 local time.
Mexico City does not change its clocks in this period.
Mexico City last changed its clocks on 30 October 2022.
Time zones: Los Angeles uses America/Los_Angeles and Mexico City uses America/Mexico_City in the IANA time-zone database, version 2026f. Dates are worked out from it; a government can change its clocks at short notice.
