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| Country: | Mexico |
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| Long Name: | United Mexican States |
| Abbreviations: | MX, MEX |
| Capital: | Mexico City |
| Time Zones: | 3 |
| Dial Code: | +52 |
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Apr 1, 1932 - Time Zone Change (MST → CST)
When local standard time was about to reach
Friday, April 1, 1932, 12:00:00 midnight clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Friday, April 1, 1932, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Apr 1, 1932 than the day before. There was more light in the evening.
When Does DST Start and End in Mexico?
Most of Mexico, including its capital Mexico City, doesn't use Daylight Saving Time (DST). However, some exceptions exist for the locations that follow the DST schedule of the United States:
- Baja California observes DST and uses the same time zones as neighboring California in the US. Here, the DST period starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
- Sonora does not change its clocks to stay in sync with the neighboring US state of Arizona, where Mountain Standard Time (MST) is observed all year.
- Municipalities near the country's northern border with the US keep the DST schedule for practical and socioeconomic reasons. This includes the municipalities Ciudad Juárez and Ojinaga in Chihuahua, Colombia in Nueva Leon, and Reynosa in Tamaulipas.
DST in States and Federal Districts in Mexico in 1932 (32 in total, 32 which don't observe DST) | |||||
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| Aguascalientes | No DST | Guerrero | No DST | Quintana Roo | No DST |
| Baja California | No DST | Hidalgo | No DST | San Luis Potosí | No DST |
| Baja California Sur | No DST | Jalisco | No DST | Sinaloa | No DST |
| Campeche | No DST | Michoacán | No DST | Sonora | No DST |
| Chiapas | No DST | Morelos | No DST | Tabasco | No DST |
| Chihuahua | No DST | México | No DST | Tamaulipas | No DST |
| Ciudad de México | No DST | Nayarit | No DST | Tlaxcala | No DST |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | No DST | Nuevo León | No DST | Veracruz | No DST |
| Colima | No DST | Oaxaca | No DST | Yucatán | No DST |
| Durango | No DST | Puebla | No DST | Zacatecas | No DST |
| Guanajuato | No DST | Querétaro | No DST | ||
Daylight Saving Time History in Mexico
- Mexico first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1931.
- Mexico has observed DST for 67 years between 1931 and 2024.
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1975.
- See Worldwide DST Statistics
Baja California Pioneered DST
The state of Baja California introduced seasonal clock changes in 1931, remaining the only area in Mexico with a DST schedule for 65 years.
In the rest of the country, DST was introduced in 1996 and removed in 2022.